18 Hunters Meet Mushroom Doom

Milan (AFP) - At least 18 mushroom lovers have to die in accidents as they hunt their favorite mushroom in the mountains and forests in northern Italy.
Mountain rescue officials say people who like to look for mushrooms to ignore safety procedures when they are wearing camouflage clothing and hunting in the dark, according to la Repubblica newspaper reports, this weekend.
"There is too much indifference. Too many people do not give proper attention to the rules and unfortunately, this is the result," said Gino Comelli, Alpine rescue service leader in the Valle di Fassa in the northwest Italy, told the daily.
As many as 17 people died in nine days - six people died within 48 hours. Most of them had an accident from steep slopes, moist slopes in the mountains of northern Italy, said le Repubblica in the news with the title "massacre mushroom hunters."
Another man has been missing for more than a week, he said.
The news agency Ansa reported a man who has been hunting mushrooms found in the state were killed on Sunday in the Valtellina area, Alpine.
Combined storm in August and the hot weather has created fertile plants that attract hunters mushrooms first in what is suspected as a mushroom harvest season.