Three members of a Lodi family are in intensive care in a San Francisco hospital after eating mushrooms they picked in the wild.

Officials at California Pacific Medical Center say the three family members have been hospitalized since Tuesday after eating so-called "death cap" mushrooms.

The mushrooms are among the world's most lethal, with officials warning that even experienced mushroom gatherers can mistake the potentially deadly mushrooms for the edible varieties.

Because the family members are not allowing the hospital to release specific personal information, it's not know where the family is from, or how they're related.

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Officials have not said where the mushrooms were picked.

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Information from: San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle