SON OF SEBASTIANI WINE FAMILY DIES AFTER EATING WILD MUSHROOMS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Sam Sebastiani Jr., a member of the famed Sebastiani wine family, has died after eating poisonous wild mushrooms, his family said Wednesday. Sebastiani, 32, died Tuesday night, nine days after he ate wild mushrooms while on an outing with friends near his home in Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. . He was one of three mushroom poisoning mushroom poisoning, fungal poisoning caused by ingestion of certain mushrooms (fungal organisms), most commonly Amanita phalloides and Amanita muscaria and related species. victims facing possible liver transplants, but the operation was ruled out because of his medical condition, the family's statement said. Sebastiani was the first fatality reported in a bumper crop In agriculture, a bumper crop refers to a particularly good harvest yielded for a particular crop. Example: "With all the rain we've had over the last few months, we are expecting a bumper crop this year. of poisonous mushrooms that has hospitalized at least nine people in Northern California since Dec. 28. Six people have recovered. The most seriously ill were felled by the ``death cap'' mushroom, known technically as Amanita phalloides Amanita phal·loi·des n. A mushroom containing toxins such as phalloidine and amanitin that cause gastroenteritis and necrosis of the liver and kidneys. , which can destroy the liver. It accounts for 95 percent of mushroom poisoning cases around the world. A family spokesman said the mushroom Sebastiani ate was believed to be a ``death cap.'' Experts say the death cap has flourished on the West Coast in recent years, extending its range from Fresno to Washington state and appearing in far greater numbers. Sebastiani was the son of Sonoma Valley vintner Sam Sebastiani Sr. and Barbara Leedom. His family continues to run the Sebastiani Vineyards, one of California's top producers of premium wine. |
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