Death cap (Amanita phalloides)A father, daughter and her boyfriend are fighting for life after eating a poisonous mushroom commonly known as the death cap.
The news comes weeks after six year old Tomek ate poisoned mushrooms and had to have a liver transplant.
A 48-year-old man from the northern city of Bydgoszcz by mistake picked poisonous death caps and served them with other mushrooms to his 19-year-old daughter and her 20-year-old boyfriend.
After several hours, all were taken to hospital with severe stomachache and diarrhea.
The girl’s life is in danger and only a liver transplant can save her life.
The boyfriend, Wiktor, had a liver transplant last night in a hospital in the north-western city of Szczecin and remains in a critical condition.
Around 50 people a year die from eating poisonous mushrooms in Poland. (mg)
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