On a trail within Salt Point State Park about 90 miles north of San Francisco, Brooke Bingham reaches into a plastic bag and pulls out a giant matsutake mushroom. Then an even bigger coral mushroom.

Salt Point State Park lacks the usual coastal hotels and restaurants and golf but out of California’s entire coast, it’s in a class of its own. Salt Point Trail to Stump Beach: This trail is a ...

About 25 miles north of the town of Jenner lies Salt Point State Park, providing easy access to the water and a beautiful ...

Salt Point State Park is a state park in Sonoma County. The park covers 6,000 acres (2,428 ha) on the coast of Northern California, with 20 miles (32 km) of hiking trails and over 6 miles (9.7 km ...

The California state park ranger at the entrance to the half-open Salt Point State Park was skeptical when I told her I had come halfway across the country to hunt for mushrooms. "Season's over ...

A coral fungus bursting from the earth at Salt Point State Park in northern California, found during an annual foraging camp held by the Sonoma County Mycological Association. The Mushroom Hunters ...