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A mushroom, little known to scientists, is behind some 400 sudden deaths in China. For 30 years, during the rainy season, scores of villagers in Yunnan have died suddenly of cardiac arrest.
After a 5-year investigation, researchers from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Beijing say they have the culprit. The mushroom, know as Little White, belongs to the Trogia genus and has three toxic amino acids, experts say.
Yunnan province is well-known for its wild mushrooms, many of which are exported at high prices. Families, who make their living by collecting and selling the fungi, eat the Little White as it has no commercial value – it is too small and turns brown shortly after being picked.
A campaign to warn people against eating the tiny mushrooms has dramatically reduced the number of deaths. There have been no reported deaths so far this year.
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