Creekside Mushrooms Explained

Creekside Mushrooms
Type:Mushroom farm
Industry:Fungiculture
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Hq Location:1 Moonlight Drive
Hq Location City:Worthington, Pennsylvania
Hq Location Country:United States
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Key People:Dan Lucovich (president)
Products:Moonlight brand white button mushrooms
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Creekside Mushrooms is a mushroom farm located on Moonlight Drive in Worthington, Pennsylvania.

Description

Creekside Mushrooms consists of 150 miles of "maze-like" tunnels 300 feet underground located in a former limestone mine and is the largest mushroom production facility in the world.[1]

Filming location

A chase sequence in the 2012 superhero film The Avengers was shot at the facility.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McKay . Gretchen . World's largest mushroom facility here . . 25 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Vancheri . Barbara . Sit through 'Avengers' credits; discover W. Pa. connection . https://web.archive.org/web/20120507042652/http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/arts-a-entertainment/mad-about-the-movies/34077-sit-through-avengers-credits-the-pittsburgh-connection . dead . 2012-05-07 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 25 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Photo of Joint Dark Energy Mission (tunnels) . MovieMaps.org . 25 February 2021.