Mushroom poisoning

A monk on Mount Athos has become the second person in Greece since September to die from eating a poisonous mushroom.

The 63-year-old was taken to a hospital in Thessaloniki on Monday but could not be saved as he suffered massive kidney failure, according to doctors.

More than 40 people have been poisoned by wild mushrooms in Greece over the last month, one of whom has died, health authorities said on Wednesday.