Mushroom season starts early on Australia’s east coast prompting warnings

Sydney man who ate thumbnail-sized' piece of toadstool on his lawn says he never felt that sick in my life'

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Wet weather along the east coast of Australia has led to an early bumper mushroom season, prompting warnings about the risks of poisoning.

Toadstools have grown abundantly in urban parks and back yards in New South Wales in recent weeks, driven by the wettest summer in three decades in parts of the state.