This mushroom will kill you before you know what’s happening
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Michael Beug |
TED-Ed
• October 2024
Humans have known about the toxicity of death cap mushrooms for millennia. Yet they continue to pose a significant threat to unsuspecting foragers and mushroom hunters throughout the world. Today, death caps are responsible for more than 90% of all mushroom related deaths, killing upwards of 100 people each year. So, what makes this one species of mushroom so dangerous? Michael Beug investigates. [Directed by Denys Spolitak, narrated by Susan ZImmerman, music by Cem Misirlioglu, GReg Chudzik].