Erin Patterson Murder process hears that fatalities “challenges” to identify mushrooms

The murder process against the Victorian wife Erin Patterson has heard that fatalities are difficult to identify, which causes people to accidentally poison themselves because they believed that the wild fungi was edible.

On Tuesday, mushroom expert Tom May stood in the trial of Ms. Patterson, who will be accused of deliberately poisoning four relatives with deaths in a beef -wellingon court in July 2023.

She has not guilty to three murder cases and an attempt to murder.

Dr. May said the identification of wild mushroom types was “challenging” and it is possible that death capitions will be confused for other varieties.

“There are certainly some mushrooms that appear in Victoria that are pretty similar [in appearance] On the death limit, “he told Victoria's Supreme Court.

During the day, the courtyard was shown about two dozen pictures of die mushrooms. Most seemed to have a whitish-yellow shimmer, a brown or white cap and a stem.

Defender Sophie Stafford Dr. May whether it is possible for people to eat poisonous mushrooms because they mistakenly thought they could be eaten.

“Yes, that happened,” he replied.

Dr. May, who carried out a study on the accuracy of telephone apps, identified the mushroom types, said his research showed that her ability to choose poisonous varieties was “bad”.

He said that the popularity of looking for food from wild mushrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused more calls to the information center of the state poison.

On Tuesday, the court grew near Ms. Patterson's hometown Leongatha in the months before the deadly lunch in her house on July 29, 2023 near Ms. Patterson's hometown Leongatha.

Dr. May said that in April and May 2023, sightings of mushrooms with fatalities were recorded in the areas of Loch and Outtrim.

The contributions were carried out on the website of Intatateralist.org, on which civil scientists document observations of animals, plants and mushrooms.

The post from May 2023 was by Dr. May himself made “Funkeytom” about his unauthoristic account.

The mycologist said he was in the Outtrim area to keep a presentation and came across the mushrooms as he went for a walk.

The prosecutors previously announced Ms. Patterson's telephone documents that she visited Loch on April 28 and Outtrim on May 22nd.

Dr. May, a mycologist in the Royal Botanic Gardens, said that the mushrooms of the death cap have varied in the color, but always grew around oak tree varieties.

He said the species tend to grow around April and May when there was an appropriate amount of soil moisture and rain.

Death mushrooms are also known under their scientific name Amanita Phalloides and were first reported in Australia in the 1960s.

Dr. May said it was a European way that had now grown in places such as Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

He said academic researchers came to the conclusion that Amanita Phalloides did not grow in China.

Doctor says Erin Patterson looked “very good”

Several doctors who testified in the exam said that Ms. Patterson had informed them that mushrooms in the beef -Wellington dish were obtained from Woolworths and an unspecified Chinese or Asian food dealer in Melbourne.

The mushrooms were part of the Wellington main court of beef, who served the in-laws of Ms. Patterson Don and Gail as well as Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson and her husband Ian.

Medical experts concluded that all four suffered from Amanita -Phalloides -poisoning, whereby Mr. Wilkinson survived the only guest guest who survived after a long hospital.

The public prosecutor claims that Ms. Patterson's food and food, which she served the following night, was not contaminated.

On Tuesday, several doctors who treated Ms. Patterson in the Monash Medical Center after lunch said that she didn't seem to be uncomfortable.

Doctor Laura Muldoon, part of the toxicological department, said Ms. Patterson was in the hospital after reporting symptoms of nausea and diarrhea.

“I noticed that she looked clinically good, she had some cracked lips, but otherwise very good. She had normal vital functions,” said Dr. Muldoon.

Dr. Muldoon said that there was no evidence that Mrs. Patterson came across mushroom poisoning of the fatalities or consumed other toxins.

Another doctor, Varuna Ruggoo, said that Ms. Patterson's liver function tests had returned normal results. Her breathing frequency, blood pressure and temperature was also normal, the doctor said.

“There was no evidence that there was some kind of liver oxicity and it could be released,” said Dr. Ruggoo.

“She appeared clinically well, in a normal mood and impact.”

The attempt goes on.