Biologist treks across Southwestern China to answer the 'killer mushroom' question
Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 22:40
in Health & Medicine
The findings shattered a myth started by a 2010 article in the journal Science, claiming the Trogia venenata mushroom contained high concentrations of the metal barium, causing high blood pressure, cardiac arrests and sudden deaths in southwestern China over the past 30 years.