That's very sad and very strange. I guess any kind of food poisoning can be lights out if you are older or have underlying health issues.

Pro-tip: the best way to cook morels or any mushrooms is to "wet saute." Cover with water, bring to a boil, let the water completely boil off, then throw in butter/oil/lard to saute. Much better and more even cooking than "dry saute" and you guarantee they'll be cooked through.

Super sad to hear this news. He helped me enormously in giving advice when I was setting up my downrigger for. Y Revo 16 a few years back.

dude had some excellent advice, thoughts for his family and friends .. sending  thoughts of  tight lines and full stringers Pete

Terribly sad news. As many others have said here, he was a very knowledgeable outdoorsman who contributed a lot which many of us benefitted from.

https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/missoula-man-dies-from-foraged-morels-the-same-week-as-daves-sushi-outbreak

Some details here about morels I did not know. Perhaps useful for any foragers reading this.

RIP Pete

Yikes. Every time I think I am ready to start trying to harvest mushrooms I hear another of these stories! Seems like it just isn't worth the risk to me.

I had fresh morels 2 weeks ago. Cut them small, sautéed them hot in butter, and then scrambled eggs into them. I then had morel/egg tacos. Goddamn good! I think that is the draw.
When you have morels, you know they are morels. I'll make extra sure to cook them well from now on.