||Sometimes, being a mycologist means testifying in a murder trial

Sometimes, being a mycologist means testifying in a murder trial.A murder trial in Australia recently had a mycologist testifyabout when Death Cap Mushrooms were first accidentally introduced into Australia from Europe; whether any native Australian mushrooms had the same toxins as European Death Cap Mushrooms (not as far as anyone knows); where in Australia Death Cap Mushrooms were found; how many cases of accidental Death Cap Mushroom poisoning there had been in Australia, and whether Death Cap Mushrooms grew in China (No).[more inside]posted bychariot pulled by cassowariesat 9:47 PM -20 comments