Wild mushrooms keep killing people in California; 3 dead, 35 poisoned

A third person has died in a rash of poisonings from wild, foraged mushrooms in California, health officials report.

Since November, a total of 35 people across the state have been poisoned by mushrooms, leading to three people receiving liver transplants in addition to the three deaths. Health officials in Sonoma County reported the latest death last week.

Michael Stacey, Sonoma’s interim health officer, attributed the cases and deaths to an…