An Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms has told a court she accepts the fatal lunch she served contained death caps.

Alleged mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson has denied an image of sliced vegetables on a dehydrator tray captures death cap mushrooms she had picked, her trial has been told. Giving evidence from the witness box of an Australian court on Thursday,

An Australian mum accused of poisoning her family with toxic mushrooms has told a courtroom, ‘exotic mushrooms have more flavour’ and ‘accepts’ the recipe contained death cap mushrooms.