Post by Woody Williams on May 13, 2007 7:42:23 GMT -5
Bad mushrooms suspected in man's death
07:59 PM EDT on Saturday, May 12, 2007
DELPHI, Ind. (AP) -- The Carroll County coroner said autopsy results should determine whether a man may have died from eating poisonous mushrooms, as his relatives suspect.
51-year-old John Morgan died Tuesday in his home near Delphi, and his sister thinks the mushrooms he ate the night before he died may have killed him.
But Coroner Jerry Reinke says he has to wait for autopsy results to determine the cause of death.
Colleen Mraz says the family suspects her brother either had an allergic reaction to morel mushrooms or that a poisonous mushroom was accidentally mixed into the batch he ate.
Reinke says he expects to see the autopsy results early next week.
Janna Beckerman, an assistant professor of plant pathology at Purdue University, says only experienced mushroom hunters should eat anything they pick from the woods.
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07:59 PM EDT on Saturday, May 12, 2007
DELPHI, Ind. (AP) -- The Carroll County coroner said autopsy results should determine whether a man may have died from eating poisonous mushrooms, as his relatives suspect.
51-year-old John Morgan died Tuesday in his home near Delphi, and his sister thinks the mushrooms he ate the night before he died may have killed him.
But Coroner Jerry Reinke says he has to wait for autopsy results to determine the cause of death.
Colleen Mraz says the family suspects her brother either had an allergic reaction to morel mushrooms or that a poisonous mushroom was accidentally mixed into the batch he ate.
Reinke says he expects to see the autopsy results early next week.
Janna Beckerman, an assistant professor of plant pathology at Purdue University, says only experienced mushroom hunters should eat anything they pick from the woods.
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