Family sickened from eating meal of wild 'vomiter' mushrooms
August 23, 2018
ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — Members of a family in northern Virginia fell ill and needed hospital attention after eating a meal containing wild mushrooms picked near their apartment complex.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that they experienced vomiting and stomach pains a few hours after eating the mushrooms.
Fairfax County Fire officials say poison control and crews from the fire department scoured around the Annandale apartment complex, finding mushrooms in a courtyard in a bid to identify them. For confirmation, they sent pictures of the mushrooms to family members as they were being...
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