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Police save forager from potentially lethal death cap mushroom mix-up
Key takeaways
- Police say a man mistook a death cap mushroom for a hallucinogenic psilocybin mushroom.
- Police have helped a man avoid potentially fatal poisoning after he allegedly mistook fatal death cap mushrooms for "magic" mushrooms.
- The 22-year-old had been foraging in the Margaret River region when he was stopped by police near Manjimup and arrested.
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Police say a man mistook a death cap mushroom for a hallucinogenic psilocybin mushroom. (Supplied: WA Police)
Police have helped a man avoid potentially fatal poisoning after he allegedly mistook fatal death cap mushrooms for "magic" mushrooms.
The 22-year-old had been foraging in the Margaret River region when he was stopped by police near Manjimup and arrested.
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