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Rachael Dixon, 53, dies in suspected mushroom poisoning (Ballarat). (www.news.com.au)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A 53-year-old mother and personal trainer has been identified as the victim of a suspected mushroom poisoning at a wellness retreat in regional Victoria on Saturday night.

Rachael Dixon and two other people are believed to have consumed mushrooms at the Soul Barn Creative Wellbeing Centre in Clunes near Ballarat.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Oh yeah, and the number of times I've heard people who obviously don't know what they're talking about look at an Agaricus sp. mushroom and confidently answer, "oh yeah, that's a field mushroom. It's good." No. It's not. A good number of species in that genus will fuck your liver up real good and even kill you.