Truong responded that she was unable to identify the mushrooms based on the photo, with Foote suggesting the leftovers could be sent for examination.
Because of a “misunderstanding”, Truong said she left her workplace, only to receive a message about 5pm that a package had arrived addressed to her.
She told the jury she arranged for a colleague to bring the leftovers to her house, where she had a microscope and conducted an initial assessment.
She said she could not find any evidence of death cap mushrooms.
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Truong told the jury she was working in the field the following day, so the leftovers sat in a zip-lock bag in her fridge until she brought them…