CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A series of cases seen in UVA Health Medical Center’s emergency department between September and June prompted poison experts with UVA’s Blue Ridge Poison Center to test mushroom gummies sold in Central Virginia.

That according to UVA Health experts, five brands of the gummies (marketed for brain health) were tested, and three were found to contain illegal hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin.  Five people, including a 3-year-old child, were hospitalized after eating the gummies.

“People tend to equate ‘legal’ with ‘safe,’ which is not necessarily the case,” said Dr. Avery Michienzi, assistant medical director of the poison center.

According to a release from the UVA Health, all affected adults had consumed the gummies intentionally, while the child ingested them accidentally. Although all recovered, the child required an overnight hospital stay.

The findings were published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.