‘The perfect dish for them’: Erin Patterson explains why she included dried mushrooms in fatal lunch

Triple murder accused also denies foraging death caps hours before buying food dehydrator as trial continues

Who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?

Erin Patterson has denied leading health officials on a “wild goose chase”, and that she foraged death cap mushrooms two hours before buying a food dehydrator, a Victorian court has heard.

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to poisoning four lunch guests with beef wellington served at her house in Leongatha, Victoria, on 29 July 2023.