Melbourne woman’s death after foraged mushroom dinner prompts coroner’s warning

Poisonous death cap (left) and yellow-staining mushrooms. In Victoria, wild mushrooms typically grow in autumn as weather grows wetter and cooler. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

A Melbourne woman has died after she and her son were poisoned by a homemade meal containing foraged mushrooms, prompting a warning from the coroner.

The 98-year-old woman, Loreta Maria Del Rossi, died in hospital on 22 May, seven days after eating the meal.