Alex (left) and Preston Moore are surrounded by mushrooms in the mist room of Valley of the Moon Mushrooms in Oak View. Opposite: A sampling of their oyster mushroom varieties: (clockwise from top) Mediterranean, wild Maine and gold.
This is what mushrooms look like when they’re growing at Valley of the Moon Mushrooms.
Omar Uribe found this lion’s mane mushroom in “the magical forest deep within the wonders of Santa Barbara.”