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Midwest sees surge in calls to poison control centers amid bumper crop of wild mushrooms
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FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2011, file photo, a mushroom grows at Winslow Park in Freeport, Maine. Maine. The warm, soggy summer across much of the Midwest has produced a bumper crop of wild mushrooms — and a surge in calls to poison control centers. - photo by AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The warm, soggy summer across much of the Midwest has produced a bumper crop of wild mushrooms — and a surge in calls to poison control centers. At the Minnesota Regional Poison Center, calls from April through July were up 150% over the same period last year, said Samantha Lee, the center's director. The center took 90 calls for potential exposures over that period, compared to 26 calls for the same months in 2023.