Death cap mushroom antidote 'unproven'

By Peter Jean
Updated April 18 2018 - 11:36pm, first published January 21 2013 - 3:00am

A lack of evidence that the main drug used to treat death cap mushroom poisoning is effective has highlighted the dangers of eating wild mushrooms found in and around the national capital.

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