An Alsatian in his fifties died after being intoxicated after a confusion between two plants picked in the forest: he consumed crocus for several days thinking that it was bear garlic.
"This person did not have any particular health problems but he consumed pesto several times which he had cooked himself and in which he had put on crocus ( colchique ) thinking that it was bear garlic, has explained Doctor Christine Tournoud, from the Poison Control Center East, based in Nancy.
"She was severely poisoned and died last weekend despite being placed in intensive care," she said.