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
