With death cap mushrooms sprouting up in ever increasing numbers, the B.C. This death cap was growing on the base of a hornbeam tree near Main St. in Vancouver. (Tristan Le Rudulier/CBC)The death cap is the most poisonous mushroom in the world, containing toxins that damage the liver and kidneys. Mushroom experts and health authorities have created a poster to try to warn people in many languages to beware of the danger of so-called death cap mushrooms. Three in 10 people who get sick from eating a death cap will die and those who survive often need a liver transplant.

Source: CBC News October 03, 2018 23:03 UTC