Australian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder after a mushroom lunch at her house in regional Victoria in 2023. Follow live updates

Mandy asks Atkinson about her evidence that no dried mushrooms matched Patterson’s description of being 100g or less, in a non-resealable clear bag and with a white label. Patterson also told her the dried mushrooms were sliced and did not appear to be commercially available, Atkinson says.

Mandy shows Atkinson two photographs previously shown to the jury from an Asian grocer visited by a council health officer during the search to locate dried mushrooms.

The photographs show dried dark-coloured mushrooms in a clear bag with a white label.

He asks if she agrees the photograph is consistent with what Patterson told her. Atkinson says Patterson’s description was that it was “smaller than a ziplock bag”.

Under questioning by Mandy, Atkinson agrees that apart from the size everything else matches.

Mandy asks Atkinson about her evidence Patterson told her the dried mushrooms may have been purchased in Oakleigh, Clayton or Mount Waverley.

Atkinson agrees Patterson was not sure where she had purchased the death cap mushrooms from.

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