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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Namita Singh

Survivor of suspected mushroom poisoning was ‘experienced forager’ of wild fungi

News International

The woman who cooked a beef Wellington mushroom dish that killed three people, was an “experienced fungi forager”, according to a family friend.

Erin Patterson, 46, was known to expertly pick wild mushrooms, and was “very good at foraging”, a family friend was quoted as saying by Daily MailAustralia.

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