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Sex and Poison May Explain California Death Cap Invasion
Amanita phalloides, also known as “death caps,” are the source of most mushroom fatalities worldwide and the bane of unwary foragers. Mycologist Yen-Wen (Denny) Wang, a postdoc at Yale School of Public Health, recently discovered that death caps are capable of sexually reproducing either solo or with a mate.
Source: Bay Nature