Wild mushrooms suspected of killing three who ate lunch together in Australia

Wild mushrooms suspected of killing three who ate lunch together in Australia
Death Cap mushrooms are a particularly deadly variety (Alamy/PA)

Australian police are trying to establish how three people died and a fourth became critically ill after apparently eating wild mushrooms at a family lunch.

Police have interviewed the woman who they say cooked the meal at her home on July 29 but did not become ill herself. Police released her without filing any charges but say she remains a suspect.

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