Ms Patterson told the court she would regularly purchase mushrooms from Asian grocers, identifying shiitake, porcini and enoki varieties ... Ms Patterson said she began to notice wild mushrooms ...

Picture: NewsWire / Paul Tyquin Ms Patterson told the court she would regularly purchase mushrooms from Asian grocers, identifying shiitake ... notice wild mushrooms growing while on walks ...

The court has previously heard that death cap mushrooms grow near oak trees. Patterson said she would dehydrate any mushrooms she didn’t want to use immediately and store them in plastic ...

Colin Mandy SC led the questioning throughout the day and is due to resume the examination of Ms Patterson tomorrow. He and the defence team have now left the Latrobe Valley Law Courts for the day.

“I had put all my apps on it, including my Google account, including my Google Photos, and I knew that there were photos in there of mushrooms and the dehydrator. I just panicked and I didn’t ...

She said she also noticed wild mushrooms growing at her former home in Korumburra ... from Asian grocers in Melbourne. “There were shiitake, porcini, I think enoki was one of them,” she ...