10 h. ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: ‘probably impossible’ for death cap mushrooms to come from supermarket as they cannot be cultivated, expert tells trial

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesKey figures in the mushroom lunch trialLawyer Sophie Stafford asks Dr Thomas May about incidents involving death cap mushroom poisoning.She points to a poisoning that was a subject of a Victorian coroner’s report from May 2024. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: witnesses continue to give evidence on day 11 of the alleged mushroom murder case

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesKey figures in the mushroom lunch trialDr Thomas May began giving his evidence yesterday, telling the court that:death cap mushrooms were most commonly reported in Maythere had been three known sightings of death cap mushrooms in the Gippsland regionthe “citizen science” website iNaturalist is often used to report sightingsa smooth capa white stem which usually has a visible ringwhite gills Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Erin Patterson trial: What are DEATH CAP mushrooms? The deadly fungi at centre of landmark murder case

Amanita phalloides, known by their common name, Death Cap mushrooms, are one of the most dangerous fungi on Earth.

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28 h. ago Erin Patterson murder trial told dangerous death cap mushroom sighted near her home

Court told mushroom expert logged photos and GPS coordinates on a citizen science website

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29 h. ago Distinguishing between edible and poisonous fungi is difficult, mushroom expert tells Erin Patterson trial

Victorian court hears from mycologist who identified death cap mushrooms growing near Patterson’s home in GippslandKey figures in the mushroom lunch trialAn internationally renowned mushroom expert who discovered death caps near Erin Patterson’s home has started giving his evidence in her triple murder trial.Dr Thomas May, a mycologist or scientist specialising in fungi, appeared in Patterson’s trial on Tuesday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Mushroom expert who discovered death caps near Erin Patterson’s home gives evidence in triple murder trial

Victorian court hears from mycologist who posted photos and GPS coordinates of death cap mushrooms on ‘citizen science’ websiteKey figures in the mushroom murders trialAn internationally renowned mushroom expert who discovered death caps near Erin Patterson’s home has started his evidence in her triple murder trial.Dr Thomas May, a mycologist or scientist specialising in fungi, appeared in Patterson’s trial on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: fungi expert says death cap mushrooms have been mistaken for edible ones in past

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesDr Laura Muldoon says she received the image from Dr Veronica Foote at Leongatha hospital on 31 July.The photos show a pastry encasing a brown paste. There are also leftovers of the brown paste in the photo.Dried dehydrated mushrooms, possibly shiitake or porcini ... she stated she purchased them from a Chinese grocery store in Oakleigh or Glen Waverley.All her blood tests had come back and were normal and all her vitals were normal. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Fungi expert tells court disturbingly easy way death cap mushrooms can be found

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34 h. ago Erin Patterson murder trial live: jurors shown photo of remains of fateful beef wellington meal at centre of triple murder case

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesDr Laura Muldoon says she received the image from Dr Veronica Foote at Leongatha hospital on 31 July.The photos show a pastry encasing a brown paste. There are also leftovers of the brown paste in the photo.Dried dehydrated mushrooms, possibly shiitake or porcini ... she stated she purchased them from a Chinese grocery store in Oakleigh or Glen Waverley.All her blood tests had come back and were normal and all her vitals were normal. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Erin Patterson murder trial: jurors shown photo of remains of fateful beef wellington meal at centre of triple murder case

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesMuldoon says she received the image from Dr Veronica Foote at Leongatha hospital on 31 July.The photos show a pastry encasing a brown paste. There are also leftovers of the brown paste in the photo.Dried dehydrated mushrooms, possibly shiitake or porcini ... she stated she purchased them from a Chinese grocery store in Oakleigh or Glen Waverley.All her blood tests had come back and were normal and all her vitals were normal. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Erin Patterson showed 'no evidence' of food poisoning, doctor tells court

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35 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: What to expect in week three

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36 h. ago Erin Patterson murder trial: witnesses to continue giving evidence on day ten of mushroom case

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in Leongatha. Follow live updatesThe prosecution’s next witness is Dr Laura Muldoon, who assessed Erin in the Monash hospital emergency department.Muldoon says she spoke to Erin on 31 July - two days after the lunch when she was transferred to Monash hospital. She says Erin’s reported symptoms were nausea and abdominal pain.One of the types, she said, came from the supermarket with plastic over the top. The other pack she said she got from an Asian food shop a number of weeks prior.She said they were in a packet but she’d opened the packet and put them in a container.She said she couldn’t remember but perhaps if she drove past the shop she could recognise it.She did say they had a strong smell.I said I was trying to make sure there was no public health issue. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Five people had lunch in a small Australian town. Three are dead – and one is accused of their murder

Jury hears from sole surviving guest as well as medical staff and Erin Patterson’s children in second week of mushroom murders trialIan Wilkinson sat in the witness box, a crucifix within an ichthys pinned over his heart, and told the supreme court about four people he shared lunch with on 29 July 2023.Three of those people are dead, and the other is accused of killing them. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Teenage son's heartbreaking seven

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson fights back tears as her young daughter's video evidence is played to the jury

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6 d. ago Erin Patterson trial: Nurse says mushroom cook did not ‘look unwell’

Leongatha Hospital nurse testifies that Erin Patterson didn’t want to receive treatment

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6 d. ago Australia mushroom murders trial: Erin Patterson’s daughter describes eating ‘leftovers’ of fatal lunch in police video

Court also hears from nurse who says triple murder accused told Leongatha hospital staff ‘I don’t want any of this’ in relation to treatment for suspected poisoningWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson’s daughter told police she ate leftovers of the deadly mushroom meal with her mother and brother for dinner the day after the meal, a court has heard.A video of Patterson’s daughter’s evidence was played on Thursday during her mother’s triple murder trial. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Accused killer tears up in dock as her nine

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6 d. ago Erin Patterson trial live: mushroom cook’s daughter gives pre

Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updates Erin Patterson ‘didn’t look unwell’ like other mushroom lunch attendees, hospital nurse tells murder trialWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson’s lawyer Colin Mandy cross-examining Kylie AshtonMandy asks about the previous evidence from medical witnesses that Erin was present at the hospital for five minutes before she discharged herself.I said these could be symptoms of illness and we needed to do further investigation to ensure she was safe. Continue reading...

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