Horse Whisperer author recovering after poisoning

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2008

LONDON (AFP) — The author of the international best-selling book The Horse Whisperer was recovering Wednesday after falling ill from eating poisonous mushrooms.

Nicholas Evans was staying with his wife Charlotte at her brother's estate in western Scotland when he became ill.

Evans and his wife, along with her brother and his wife, were taken to hospital where it was established they had eaten a rare variety of mushroom called Cortinarius Speciosissimus.

This type of mushroom is highly toxic, with the toxins attacking the kidneys in particular.

Evans and the other three members of his family were then transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where they were given dialysis and other kidney treatment.

A statement released by Evans' London-based...