Family from Tatarstan poisoned by false morels

A family from Tatarstan, including a child, was poisoned by false death cap mushrooms; the mother and daughter are in the intensive care unit.

Consensus

• A family from Tatarstan collected mushrooms in the forest.
• The family included a child, mother, and father.
• They prepared a meal using the collected mushrooms.
• The meal contained false morels (Amanita phalloides).
• All three family members became ill after eating the meal.
• The family was hospitalized.
• The mother and daughter are in intensive care with severe but stable conditions.
• The father's condition stabilized and he was moved from intensive care to a regular ward.
• False morels are difficult to distinguish from edible mushrooms for inexperienced foragers.

Points of divergence

• The father was initially in intensive care but has been moved to a regular department. — vm
• A similar incident occurred in Bolokoe, Tver Oblast, last autumn, where a husband and wife died after eating mushrooms. — vm
• The father was transferred from intensive care to a regular department. — tg_bazabazon

Coverage (2 sources)

• Baza: A family with a child from Tatarstan was poisoned by death cap mushrooms — Вечерняя Москва
• Family from Tatarstan poisoned with deadly mushrooms — mother and daughter in intensive care. — Baza

Key entities

• Tatarstan
• Baza
• Bleeding Puffballs