A jury in Australia began deliberations Monday in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, accused of killing her estranged ...

Police previously said the symptoms of all four of those who became ill were consistent with poisoning from death cap mushrooms, which are responsible for 90% of all toxic mushroom-related fatalities.

A jury in Australia began deliberations Monday in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, accused of killing her estranged ...

and faked symptoms to make it look as though she fell ill, too. But Patterson's lawyers said the poisoning was a terrible accident caused by a pantry mix-up of store-bought and wild mushrooms, which ...

A jury in Australia began deliberations on Monday in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, accused of killing her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms ...

While research is still evolving, the potential health benefits of mushroom coffee for cognition and immune systems have made it a popular coffee alternative.

Mushrooms have been used for their purported health benefits for centuries. Read about mushroom supplements, possible health benefits and risk factors here.

Magic mushrooms are often eaten whole or crushed into a powder. Although you can smoke shrooms, it may not give you the psychedelic effects you desire.

The Maine Legislature recently considered — but ultimately backed away from — a move to partly decriminalize mushrooms containing the psychedelic compound psilocybin, often called magic mushrooms.