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Fungi fan

May 23, 2012 at 9:33PM
(Margaret Andrews — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

"I'm absolutely fascinated by mushrooms," said Tom Peterson. It shows. In meticulously managed indoor and outdoor environments, the owner of Birch Creek Forest Products in Burnsville cultivates 19 mushroom species, year-round. Peterson's hard work is paying off, with a clientele of chefs and shoppers that's spreading faster than morels in springtime. "Just ask anyone at the farmers market where the mushroom guy is," he said. "They know who I am."

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