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Yellow oyster is one several varieties grown at Smallhold Mushrooms. The company is an urban mushroom farm in a warehouse in Vernon. They grow several different varieties and sell at markets across L.A. Photographed on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, in Vernon, California. Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/TNS
LOS ANGELES–A mushroom revolution is taking place on the grocery store shelves of Southern California: In the produce sections of markets across Los Angeles, Agaricus bisporus, commonly known as the white button mushroom, is giving way to other dazzling fungi species such as blue oyster, lion’s mane, maitake, and royal trumpet.