A deadly mushroom is popping up around Denver, Colorado.
Lazarus Bell found the Destroying Angel over the weekend while he was hunting for mushrooms near his house in Aurora. He spotted the fungus growing out of the grass near a white oak in a yard there.
"I did know that I shouldn't be finding it but I didn't know that it would be the only one ever found in metro Denver," Bell said.
The Colorado Mycological Society press release adds that the fungus's deadly toxins go after the liver. Symptoms often don't even appear until many hours after someone eats the mushroom. This makes medical treatment tough if not downright pointless.
This also means it's deadly to your pets as well - watch out.
While there are quite a few types of poisonous and edible mushrooms growing all over yards in the metro area, we were thought to be free of any "deadly" fungi, according to the Mycological Society.
