This US forager is a fixture of Tucson known as the ‘mushroom man’. Now he faces deportation

Hernan Castro, a legal US resident and beloved forager in Arizona, is facing deportation over a decades-old drug arrest

As potent monsoon storms awaken a dormant desert around this time each year, Hernan Castro prepares to head for the southern Arizona mountains to forage for mushrooms that are a centerpiece of his life.

Castro's passion for mushroom cultivation and ethical harvesting has earned him the nickname mushroom man" in his hometown of Tucson. A self-trained mycology expert and regular fixture at farmers markets, he makes a living leading foraging trips to mushroom-rich places and selling fungi-related products through his online business.