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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Athena Stavrou

UNBELIEVABLE: Uk foragers guide on how to avoid poison mushrooms - The Untold Story

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On July 29 this year, four of Erin Patterson’s former in-laws sat around her table in the rural town of Leongatha, Victoria for a family lunch intended to reconcile their differences.

In the days following the meal, three of them had died and a fourth was left fighting for his life. The suspected cause? The duxelle in the Beef Wellington – allegedly made with poisonous mushrooms.

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