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Which state grows the most mushrooms? 🍄

1Guess
Which states grow the most mushrooms? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… a big rainy forest state — that's where I sniff mushrooms out! 🌲
2Answer
The real order is…
    Pennsylvania grows about 5.55× as much as #2 California!
    📚 Background Mushrooms aren't plants — they're fungi, and they don't need a speck of sunlight. They're grown indoors in dark, cool mushroom houses, so the champion isn't picked by climate the way a field crop is. Pennsylvania grows about two-thirds of all the mushrooms in the country. (USDA NASS Quick Stats)
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    I bet… a big rainy forest state — that's where I sniff mushrooms out! 🌲
    3Compare
    Mushrooms grown (pounds, 2024)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)933,046,200 pounds
    Pennsylvania #1 593,145,895 pounds
    Most: Pennsylvania (593,145,895 pounds); least shown here: Nevada (762,136 pounds).

    Note: measured in pounds, with every mushroom type added together. Only states that publish a value are shown. Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.

    Farms with no sunshine at all!
    4Recap
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    🏅 Pennsylvania is the USA's #1!
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    : 2024 (Census of Horticultural Specialties)
    USDA NASS Quick Stats: MUSHROOMS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN LB, 2024, by state (2026-07-20) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
    ↳ In Quick Stats, pick MUSHROOMS / PRODUCTION in LB, year 2024 (Census of Horticultural Specialties), and compare states.