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Mushroom trial: Death cap mushrooms location posted on site before Erin Patterson's lunch

A mushroom expert posted the location and images of the mushrooms in Gippsland to a website two months before Erin Patterson's beef Wellington lunch, a jury has heard.

Erin Patterson arriving at her Leongatha home after three people died eating Death Cap mushrooms from a meal she had cooked. Picture: Jason Edwards
Erin Patterson arriving at her Leongatha home after three people died eating Death Cap mushrooms from a meal she had cooked. Picture: Jason Edwards

Welcome to live coverage of week three of the trial of Victorian woman Erin Patterson, accused of killing three people with a meal laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms.

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