Calls rise to poison control centers after Midwest's mushroom crop

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota: Calls to poison control centers across many parts of the Midwest have surged after a bumper crop of wild mushrooms in the warm, soggy summer.

Samantha Lee, director at the Minnesota Regional Poison Center, said calls from April through July more than tripled over the same period last year. The center received 90 calls for potential exposures over that period, compared to 26 calls for the