Were gardeners warned when wood fungus killed a man?
Gardeners Warned After Wood Fungus Kills Man, 47 Friday, June 13, 2008 A 47-year-old man died while gardening after inhaling a mold known as Aspergillus, which grows on compost and decaying wood, BBC News reported Thursday. The man, who lived in Buckinghamshire, England, was working with rotting wood and plant mulch in his garden in May 2007 when he developed severe breathing problems, a fever and muscle pain. The incident is detailed in this week’s online edition of the medical journal The Lancet, with the headline “A Warning to Gardeners.” →(This is the Apsergillus mold) X-rays showed his lungs were severely inflamed and doctors initially treated him with antibiotics, thinking it was pneumonia. Later, tests det
