This mushroom will kill you before you know what’s happening – Michael Beug

Explore the toxicity of death cap mushrooms, and find out what makes this one species so dangerous to humans. — 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. Lesson by Michael Beug, directed by Denys Spolitak.