How to Use death cap in a Sentence

death cap

noun
  • No amount of death cap is safe to consume.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Small amounts of the death cap mushroom — a volume as small as a standard sugar cube — can be a fatal dose.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 10 Jan. 2026
  • But death cap mushrooms are found across California.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Galerina mushrooms have the same toxins as death cap mushrooms.
    — Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
  • The death cap contains amatoxins.
    — Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • However, death cap mushrooms can be found throughout California.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The common names of many of the poisonous Amanita mushrooms include foreboding monikers like death cap mushroom and destroying angel.
    — Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The poison control service normally sees zero to five cases a year of poisoning from consuming death cap mushrooms, experts said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The poison control service normally sees zero to five cases a year of poisoning from consuming death cap mushrooms, experts said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Two of the most toxic mushrooms that can be found in the state are the death cap and the western destroying angel mushroom, Amanita Ocreata.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Heavy rain has caused death cap mushrooms, including the Western destroying angel mushroom — one of the deadliest fungi — to bloom.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Commenters quickly identified it as a death cap mushroom — the same fungi that’s sickened scores of Californians.
    — Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
  • The toxin in death cap mushrooms, called amatoxin, can damage the kidneys, liver and gastrointestinal tract if ingested.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Wet weather, especially around hardwood trees like oaks and pines, creates optimal conditions for deadly mushrooms such as the death cap to proliferate.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Many of the cases, officials say, have involved people from Mexico and elsewhere for whom the death cap resembles an edible mushroom in their home countries.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • An Australian woman has been sentenced to life in prison for poisoning three of her former in-laws with death cap mushrooms during a 2023 family lunch.
    — Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • During her 10-week trial, the jury heard that Patterson had seen the location of the death cap mushrooms posted on a citizen science website.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Consumption of death cap mushrooms — often mistaken for safe, edible lookalikes — has been linked to a deadly outbreak in California.
    — Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • What to know about toxic death cap mushrooms Death cap mushrooms — scientific name Amanita phalloides — can cause severe liver damage leading to death, experts said.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026
  • Anne Pringle The primary culprit behind the poisonings is the invasive death cap mushroom, which is also called Amanita phalloides.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 15 May 2026
  • The prime culprit in the current California outbreak is the death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides, recognized as one of the world’s deadliest fungi.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Eating even a small amount can be fatal, and experts warn that a mushroom's color is not a reliable way of detecting its toxicity, and whether the death cap variety is raw, dried or cooked does not make a difference.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Eating even a small amount can be fatal, and experts warn that a mushroom's color is not a reliable way of detecting its toxicity, and whether the death cap variety is raw, dried or cooked does not make a difference.
    — CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This photo provided by the California Department of Public Health shows death cap mushrooms.
    — CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The department is urging people to avoid mushroom foraging altogether this year because death cap mushrooms are easily confused with safe, edible varieties.
    — CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • However, unlike death cap mushrooms and destroying angels, many of the toxins found in Amanita muscaria are water-soluble and can be removed by parboiling them prior to cooking or by other means.
    — Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The death cap is one of the most poisonous mushrooms in the world and is part of a small group of mushrooms containing amatoxins, which are highly potent compounds causing 90% of fatal mushroom poisonings globally.
    — CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The death cap is one of the most poisonous mushrooms in the world and is part of a small group of mushrooms containing amatoxins, which are highly potent compounds causing 90% of fatal mushroom poisonings globally.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Who is mistakenly eating the death cap People who have accidentally consumed the death cap were usually foraging for mushrooms in the wilderness, either alone or with a group, officials say.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • In the Bay Area, there are two mushrooms that are unsafe for any creature, and those are the death cap (Amanita phalloides) and the western destroying angel (Amanita ocreata).
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026

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