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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Mother dies after eating poisonous mushroom from her garden


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A housewife died after eating one of the world's most deadly mushrooms - which she had picked in her garden, an inquest heard today.
Christina Hale, 57, did not realise she had gathered poisonous death cap mushrooms and used them to cook soup for her and her husband.
Mrs Hale, who found the mushrooms in the couple's large garden in Bridgwater, Somerset, ate a large quantity of the soup for her evening meal.
Her husband Jocelyn Lynch, 49, had a smaller amount as he also ate stewfor dinner, West Somerset Coroner's Court heard.
The couple began to feel unwell the following morning and their condition deteriorated, with both rushed to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton two days later.
Mrs Hale tragically suffered from multiple organ failure and died the following day in intensive care surrounded by her family.
Mr Lynch, who had been married to Mrs Hale for 13 years, recovered from his ordeal and was allowed to return home.
The inquest in Taunton heard that consuming just half a death cap mushroom can be fatal and there is no antidote.
Mr Lynch told the court his wife picked the mushrooms while he was at work in nearby Weston-super-Mare and he did not know how many had been cooked in the soup.
The property developer said: "We had picked mushrooms for mushroom soup before. She hadn't done it on her own before.
"My wife prepared the soup while I was at work. Normally it was added to a can of Campbell's condensed soup.
"I had a bowl of mushroom soup that she gave me. She made the soup her main meal. All I know is I had one bowlful, I don't know how much the wife had.
"She might have eaten some throughout the day while she was preparing it."
Mr Lynch said the couple felt unwell by the morning after they had consumed the soup, on November 15 last year.
He went to work but had to return home, where he found his wife also suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea.
They spent much of the night in separate bathrooms and the following morning, November 17, a Saturday, Mrs Hale called an out-of-hours service.

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