Severe Mushroom Poisoning Leads to Urgent Liver Transplants in Germany

Several individuals, including children, suffer liver failure after consuming deadly mushrooms, prompting a high-priority search for donor organs.

Three children and one adult are being treated for acute liver failure at the University Hospital in Essen after ingesting highly toxic green death cap mushrooms.
Two of the affected individuals, a child and an adult, have already received liver transplants, but their conditions remain critical.
The remaining patients, including two children, are listed as high-urgency cases by Eurotransplant, prioritizing them for organ donation across Europe.
Medical experts warn about the dangers of foraging mushrooms, emphasizing the difficulty in distinguishing toxic varieties from edible ones.
The green death cap mushroom is one of the most poisonous, causing the majority of fatal mushroom poisonings in Germany.