Toxic mushrooms spark urgent biohazard event in abandoned UK bingo hall

Experts discovered mushrooms called Serpula lacrymans - a species of fungus known for causing dry rot - in Bournemouth's Grand Cinema bingo hall, sparking an urgent biohazard clean-up

Biohazard cleaners found highly toxic mushrooms they had never seen before in an abandoned bingo hall.

Megan Johnstone and Jack Tozer of Pro Clean Commercials removed dangerous mould and fungi from Bournemouth's Grand Cinema . Megan, 23, said she had never seen anything like those mushrooms, called Serpula lacrymans - a species of fungus known for causing dry rot.

The fungus present themselves in large and smaller shapes and often have a brown and white colour. Megan said: "I have never seen anything like it before so it was new to me. I had to do a bit of research and asking around other people in the