SHAH ALAM, July 28 — The Petaling District Health Office has warned the public against picking or consuming wild mushrooms following a recent food poisoning case involving three members of the same family.
The office said the family fell ill after eating wild mushrooms picked by the roadside along Persiaran Saujana Puchong.
"A food poisoning case involving three members of a family was recently reported after they ate wild mushrooms picked by the roadside around Persiaran Saujana Puchong.
"All of them experienced vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach pain about one to two hours after consuming wild mushrooms identified as the Chlorophyllum molybdites species, and received outpatient treatment," the office said in a Facebook post on Sunday.
The Petaling Health District Office urged the public not to pick or consume any wild mushrooms.
"Poisonous mushrooms may look very similar to edible species, and their toxins are not necessarily destroyed through cooking or boiling.
"If you have eaten wild mushrooms, seek medical attention immediately if you develop symptoms.
"Keep any remaining mushrooms or food and take photographs to help health authorities identify the species. If in doubt, do not pick or eat them," it said.
According to the Health Ministry's Mushroom Poisoning Management Protocol in Malaysia, Chlorophyllum molybdites is the fifth most commonly reported poisonous mushroom species in the country.
The report said the species is often mistaken for Termitomyces, an edible mushroom.
Common symptoms of mushroom poisoning include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, as well as neurological effects such as hallucinations, seizures, euphoria, confusion, muscle spasms and coma.
