Yellow strainer's or death caps.

[John Gryphon]

Be one or the other. At this stage I`m having a thought that is may not have been an accident as most Aussies are mushroom savvy and if there are poisonings in the community it is generally with unknowing immigrants.....not this case though.

Daughter-in-law served poisonous mushroom meal that killed three, Victoria Police believe

Homicide detectives are still trying to get to the bottom of a suspected mushroom poisoning at a family meal in Victoria's east which led to the deaths of three people, who are being mourned as "pillars" of their community.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Puds]

It’s easily done if you’re not being careful and know what you’re doing. There’s plenty of groups on FB that’ll help you confirm ID before you eat it (having an enthusiastic amateur mycologist as a wife helps too).
Have a few photos from some of this year’s foraging forays.

 

[User00035]

Be one or the other. At this stage I`m having a thought that is may not have been an accident as most Aussies are mushroom savvy and if there are poisonings in the community it is generally with unknowing immigrants.....not this case though.

Daughter-in-law served poisonous mushroom meal that killed three, Victoria Police believe

Homicide detectives are still trying to get to the bottom of a suspected mushroom poisoning at a family meal in Victoria's east which led to the deaths of three people, who are being mourned as "pillars" of their community.

www.abc.net.au

Interested to know John if amanita phalloides (death cap) is a native (or normalised) species in Aus. If it is, fungi genera must be impossibly old, since they must have spread when the land masses were conjoined. In not, what a massive howler importing the most toxic fungi species on earth.

For reference, all amanitas have three ID red flags: white gills, a frill on the stem just below the cap, and a basal cup or vulva containing fluid. If a mushroom has all these, avoid like the plague.

 

[John Gryphon]

Interested to know John if amanita phalloides (death cap) is a native (or normalised) species in Aus

No it was introduced into Aus by guess who lol...accidentally.

Btw I saw my op "strainers" it should be STAINERS.