Death Cap is the deadliest mushroom in the world (Image: Getty)
The UK has been hit by a swathe of toadstool mushrooms triggered by the country’s wet weather.
The poisonous Death Cap mushrooms, which are common in the UK, are the deadliest in the world.
In Jersey, three people have been poisoned and hospitalised after eating part of the mushroom. It has been reported that just a mouthful of the toadstool can kill.
As well as Toadstools and Death Cap, there has also been a boom in over mushrooms including Dead Man’s Fingers and Octopus Stinkhorn.
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There is a boom of Toadstool and other fungi species across the country (Image: Getty)
Experts have warned foragers never to eat mushrooms unless they are certain it is an edible variety.
The Woodland Trust, the UK’s Largest Woodland Conservation charity, said: “Death cap looks fairly inoffensive and similar to a number of edible mushrooms, but is deadly poisonous.
“It contains the poison amanitin, with half a cap or even less enough to kill a person. Thousands have died through history when mistaking death caps for edible mushroom species, especially at the button stage.”
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Stormy weather in the UK has caused the increase of fungi growth (Image: Getty )
Death Cap mushrooms are found in woodland, particularly under oak and beech trees.
With the recent wet weather the country has been experiencing, it has caused a lot of fungi to pop up and the wet season is expected to continue with three 60mph storms expected this week.
Netweather forecaster Nick Finnis, based in Surrey, said: “Lots of fungi are popping up in all this wet weather.”