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Stop Eating Poisonous Mushrooms, National Park Service and California Warn Hikers
Sequoia and Kings Canyon are urging visitors to avoid picking fungi in the midst of a mushroom poisoning outbreak that has sickened 40 and killed 4 in California.
Hiker Dies After Entering Closed Area at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
While it's not clear what led to the incident, park officials said that the deceased man was located in "steep and hazardous terrain."