Poisonous mushrooms leave ten seriously ill in Soreng Village
The three members of a family in a village falling under Soreng constituency of South Sikkim were hospitalized earlier this week after eating poisonous mushrooms collected in the forests of Soreng.They picked and ate so-called "death cap" mushrooms which are reported to be highly poisonous in nature and should not be touched and collected for eating . The sick members were admitted to Soreng Health Center but later shifted to Namchi Hospital for undergoing medical treatment.
But people can be very ill for several days. there are several thousand species of Wild Mushrooms, Some of which are extremely poisonous in nature.Sikkim is also home to many such wild & poisonous varieties of mushrooms.
Few weeks ago a similar case was reported from this area as per reports.
