ALS, the muscle wasting disease of ice bucket challenge fame, is sometimes genetic, sometimes sporadic, but sometimes pops up in clusters. One such cluster in a little skiing village in France unnerved the local GP - and was eventually pinned on false morel mushrooms.

https://archive.is/bJMoo

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A devastating nerve disease stalks a mountain village.

Neurologists have grappled with a cluster of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases in France, where a fondness for a toxic wild mushroom may hold the answer.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250316-a-devastating-nerve-disease-stalks-a-mountain-village?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

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