This mushroom will kill you before you know what’s happening - Michael Beug
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Humans have known about the toxicity of death cap mushrooms for millennia. Yet they continue to pose a significant threat to unsuspecting foragers and mushroom hunters throughout the world. Today, death caps are responsible for more than 90% of all mushroom related deaths, killing upwards of 100 people each year. So, what makes this one species of mushroom so dangerous? Michael Beug investigates.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Michael Beug
- Director Denys Spolitak
- Narrator Susan Zimmerman
- Music Cem Misirlioglu, Greg Chudzik
- Sound Designer Cem Misirlioglu
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Produced by Sazia Afrin
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Shannon Odell
- Script Editor Charles Wallace
- Fact-Checker Charles Wallace
Nothing will ever compare to the pain of a "Death Cap Mushroom"
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