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Mushroom-Poisoned Man Home After Liver Transplant
A 24-year-old Salinas man who mistakenly ate "Death Cap" mushrooms and was saved by a 4 am Christmas Day liver transplant at UCSF Medical Center went home to his family on Saturday, January 4. Family members gathered from afar to help him, his wife -- and a new baby on the way -- to enjoy a combined Christmas and New Year's celebration kept waiting for his recovery.