Status: Active
Date issued: 5 April 2024 (update to advisory issued 12 April 2023)
Issued by: Dr Evelyn Wong, Acting Chief Health Officer
Issued to: Health professionals and consumers
Key messages
- Poisonous mushrooms including death cap mushrooms and yellow-staining mushrooms occur in Victoria during autumn as the weather becomes wetter and cooler.
- Consuming a death cap mushroom may result in death.
- Cooking, peeling or drying these mushrooms does not remove or inactivate the poison.
- There is no home test available to distinguish safe and edible mushrooms from poisonous mushrooms.
- Mushrooms purchased from a supermarket, greengrocer or other reputable source are safe to eat.
- Remove any mushrooms growing in home gardens as young children and pets can easily eat them.
- Read the full advisory at: Poisonous mushrooms growing in Victoria
