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A Morel Dilemma: Episode 6 — The Signal
Episode 553rd June 2026 • The Poison Lab • Clinical Toxicology LLC
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The Bozeman outbreak was the first loud signal, but it was not the only one.

After the CDC report, toxicologists in other countries started looking back through their own poison center data and found something unsettling: more patients with severe illness after eating morels, including cases of shock, gastrointestinal bleeding, and death. And it did not stop there.

In Episode 6 of A Morel Dilemma, we follow that signal beyond Montana and ask whether this was truly an isolated outbreak, or whether morels have been causing severe poisonings for years without anyone recognizing the pattern. We also meet the researchers now trying to answer the harder question: if morels are responsible, what exactly is happening inside this mushroom?

The mystery is no longer confined to one restaurant. It is starting to spread.

Select referecnces:

  1. Dr. Vodovar's Study
  2. Swiss Poison Center Study
  3. Peter Dayton

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