A woman who died after eating wild mushrooms was visited by a GP a day before she died, an inquest has heard.
Amphon Tuckey, 39, was found dead at a house in Carisbrooke High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, on Wednesday.
Her niece Kannika Tuckey, who told police they had picked and eaten death cap mushrooms, has suffered liver damage and is in a critical condition.
It was heard a GP prescribed drugs to Amphon for gastroenteritis on Tuesday after she complained of stomach pains.
She ate the mushrooms with Thai sausages on Monday afternoon, the inquest heard.
Toxicology results
That night she complained of stomach pains, vomiting and diarrhoea.
An ambulance was called but paramedics, who said she was probably suffering from food poisoning, were not told about the mushrooms, it was heard.
A GP visited the next morning and issued a prescription for gastroenteritis.
The inquest heard she fell out of bed later that night and was found dead on Wednesday morning.
But the coroner said it was only after her death that the niece told doctors the pair had eaten the mushrooms.
Initial toxicology results have indicated the Thai sausages were not to blame for the death but it could take up to three months for the full analysis to be completed.
The inquest was adjourned to be fixed at a later date.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk 19 September 2008
Mushrooms examined in death probe
The second woman told police she visited the Ventnor Botanic Garden on the island with her husband on September 14 and picked a number of wild mushrooms.
These mushrooms were eaten by both women.
Police have not confirmed the mushrooms were the cause of the death but are concerned there is a link.
A Hampshire and Isle of Wight police spokesman said: "Police have recovered a quantity of wild mushrooms from the address in Gunville Road, Newport. The mushrooms are being examined to confirm their identities, and where they are from."
The Isle of Wight Council, which run the gardens, said in a statement: "While the circumstances are currently being investigated, it appears a large quantity of wild mushrooms - including the toxic death cap mushroom - were collected from the vicinity of Ventnor Botanic Gardenand subsequently eaten.
"The death cap mushroom is not cultivated by Ventnor Botanic Garden - no mushrooms or fungi form part of displays - but is believed to have been growing wild in the 22-acre site. "
June Tuckey, who is in her 40s was pronounced dead at her home in Carisbrooke High Street, Newport, on the Isle of Wight.
Her neice, Pern Tuckey, who is in her 20s, is in a specialist London hospital remains in hospital after she was also taken ill at her home in Newport.
A Hampshire and Isle of Wight police spokesman said officers had shown a Death Cap fungus to the woman and she had said she had eaten that variety.
Pern Tuckey told police she visited the Ventnor Botanic Garden on the Island with her husband on September 14 and picked a number of wild fungi.
These were eaten by both women sometime on Monday.
Police have not confirmed Death Caps were the cause of the death but are concerned there is a link and tests are taking place.
Death Caps are common throughout the UK and they contain a poison which attacks the liver and kidneys, if eaten.
