Mind how you go now Cobber!

Australian health authorities have issued a warning against eating death cap mushrooms after two people were rushed to hospital after eating them.

The death cap mushroom is a particularly nasty 'shroom and apparently it is responsible for 90 per cent of all mushroom-related deaths.

An unseasonably mild and wet November and December has led to an upsurge in Death Caps and now authorities have been forced to issue warnings. Two people have died and about a dozen others have been poisoned as a result of eating Death Caps in Australia in the past 12 years.

Commonly found near oak trees, Death Caps (left) are 40-160mm wide and usually pale green or yellow in colour. Symptoms of death cap poisoning include violent stomach pains, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.

Just thought you might to know that - so mind how you go.

And if you are in any doubt about whether the Death Cap is the mushroom for you - there's a clue in the title!