Australia’s Food Safety Information Council is warning adventurous food eaters not to pick wild mushrooms because of the early arrival of the deadly deathcap fungi after a soggy summer. Toxic mushrooms grow during all seasons of the year but pop up particularly quickly in moist areas. Deathcap mushrooms can be mistaken for more common edible varieties but a single one has enough poison to kill a healthy adult, according to the national voice for consumer-focused food safety information. Nine out of 10 mushroom poisonings are caused by the introduced wild species, which largely grows in Canberra and Melbourne, and have also been reported to be found in Tasmania, and Adelaide since Christmas. “While rare, most of the deaths from mushroom poisoning in Australia result from deathcap mushrooms,” the council’s chair and microbiologist Cathy Moir said in a release. Since it’s difficult to differentiate a toxic mushroom from one that’s harmless, she …