Eleven people were reported dead and more than 800 people were poisoned after consuming toxic wild mushrooms in western Iran, according to Iranian Health Ministry officials.
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‘Over 800 people have been poisoned and at least 11 people have died after eating toxic wild mushrooms in western Iran.’
A Health Ministry official said that there was no effective treatment against such fungal poisoning. At least two people received liver transplants. According to authorities, the poisonous mushrooms looked very similar to edible ones due to which even the locals could not distinguish them.
The poisoning incidents were reported across the Iranian provinces of Kermanshah, Kohgiluye and Boyer-Ahmad, Kordestan, Lorestan, West Azerbaijan, Qazvin and Zanjan.
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