Red Mushroom

A red mushroom is a fungus found in the Overworld and the Nether. It can only be planted on mycelium, nylium, podzol or in darkness, which also allows it to spread over time or receive bone meal to grow into a huge red mushroom.

Red mushrooms can be instantly mined with any tool, including by hand.

A red mushroom also breaks instantly and drops as an item if:

• the block below it is moved or destroyed
• a fluid flows over it
• a block next to it changes state, but only when it is not on podzol, mycelium, or nylium and light level is 13 or higher

Red mushrooms naturally generate in poorly lit areas (light level of 12 or less). If this condition is met, each chunk has a ¹⁄₈ (12.5%) chance to generate red mushrooms in the form of random patches.^[1]

Mushrooms also generate on the surface of a swamp, old growth spruce taiga, old growth pine taiga, or mushroom fields biome, along with anywhere in the Nether. Unlike plants, they are able to generate on top of nearly any block type.

In Java Edition, they are commonly found in patches on the Nether roof, and are the only blocks that can generate there.

Witch huts have a flower pot with a red mushroom inside. Mushrooms also generate inside "mushroom farm" rooms in woodland mansions.

Red mushrooms planted on podzol can also be found around bogged and cave spider trial spawners in trial chambers.

Fallen trees can have up to 2 mushrooms generated on them.

Breaking a red mushroom block has a chance of dropping 0-2 red mushrooms. Fortune does not affect the drop rate of mushrooms in any form.^[2]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Shearing a red mooshroom drops 5 red mushrooms and permanently turns it into a normal cow.

Shearing a bogged drops 2 mushrooms, both of which have a chance to be red.

An enderman holding a red mushroom drops it upon death.

In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 3 red mushrooms when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Wandering Trader	Ordinary	7%	7%	Emerald	3 × Red Mushroom	4	—	—

Red mushrooms can be planted and grown on blocks that have a full top surface in light levels below 13 and not directly underneath the sky. They cannot be planted on the top surfaces of slabs or stairs.^[3] For more information, see Opacity/Placement. If planted on mycelium, podzol or nylium, they can stay planted in any light level, including skylight. They grow at the same rate regardless of the light level.^[4][5]

Red mushrooms can be used to heal or tempt zombie horses.

When bone meal is applied to a red mushroom, the mushroom has a chance to grow into a red huge mushroom, provided that it is on a proper block (grass block, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, mud, muddy mangrove roots, moss block, or pale moss block at a light level of 12 or below; on podzol, mycelium, or nylium at any light level) and is free of solid blocks within 5 blocks directly above the mushroom.

When receiving a random tick, a red mushroom has a 4% chance of spreading to a nearby block (including even above and below diagonally) if there are fewer than five red mushrooms in a 9×9×3 volume around the original mushroom.

Red mushrooms can be planted in a flower pot.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Mushroom Stew	Red Mushroom + Brown Mushroom + Bowl		​[until: Third Drop 2026]
Mushroom Stew	Red Mushroom + Bowl
Mushroom Stew	Red Mushroom + Bowl		​[upcoming: JE 26.3]
Mushroom Stew	Red Mushroom + Bowl		​[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]
Rabbit Stew	Cooked Rabbit + Carrot + Baked Potato + Red Mushroom + Bowl		​[until: Third Drop 2026]
Rabbit Stew	Cooked Rabbit + Carrot + Baked Potato + Red Mushroom + Bowl		​[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]
Suspicious Stew	Red Mushroom + Brown Mushroom + Bowl + Any Small Flower		​[until: Third Drop 2026]
Suspicious Stew	Red Mushroom + Bowl + Any Small Flower		​[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]

Placing a mushroom into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Java Edition:

grass sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.grass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.grass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.grass.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.grass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

grass sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.grass	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.7	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.grass	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.8	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.grass	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.3	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Shovel flattens	Blocks	When a shovel creates a dirt path	use.grass	subtitles.item.shovel.flatten​	1.0	0.8
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.11	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.21	1.0

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Red Mushroom	red_mushroom	Block & Item	enderman_holdable	block.minecraft.red_mushroom

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Red Mushroom	red_mushroom	40	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.red_mushroom.name

Java Edition Classic
0.0.20a							Added red mushrooms.
							Mushrooms disappear when the light level is too low.
							Mushrooms are decorative items, which currently do not have a crafting use and remain in the ground when planted.
							Mushrooms can be placed on any block except another mushroom and remain planted when the block below them is removed.
August 25, 2009							Notch showed mushrooms generating naturally in worlds.[6]
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Added mushrooms to world generation.
							The consumption of red mushrooms now causes 3HP damage to the player's health.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST							Mushrooms now spawn only underground.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091223-0040				Mushrooms now have a stretched model with wider texture planes.
			20091231-1856				Mushrooms can no longer be eaten.
			20100130				Mushrooms are now used to craft mushroom stew.
?							Mushrooms are now generated in rare instances under trees or in the shadows of other floating continents in the "Floating" map type.
Java Edition Infdev
20100227-1414							Mushrooms no longer generate naturally.
20100616-1808							Mushrooms can now naturally generate again.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0			preview				With the addition of biomes and the Nether, mushrooms have become a more common sight.
Java Edition Beta
1.6			Test Build 3				Mushrooms can now be generated in the open when exploring during the night, or under low-light conditions such as those found under trees or overhangs. If planted in direct sunlight or a light level higher than 12, they pop out of the ground. Several bug reports mention mushrooms growing on top of trees, but this is a rare phenomenon.
							Mushrooms have been given an ability to spread in light levels under 13 onto any block touching their own, including blocks located upward and downward diagonally.
							Mushrooms can now be placed on any solid, non-transparent, block including pumpkins, crafting tables, furnaces and chests.
1.8			Pre-release				Changed lighting.
							Bone meal can now be used on mushrooms to grow huge mushrooms.
							Mushrooms can now be found more easily in swamp biomes.
			?				The spreading ability of mushrooms has been severely restricted - a mushroom now spreads if there were fewer than 5 mushrooms of the same type in a 9×9×3 area around the original mushroom.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Mushrooms can now spawn in mushroom island biomes.
							Shearing a mooshroom drops 5 red mushrooms.
1.4.2			12w34a				Mushrooms can now be added to flower pots.
			12w40a				A red mushroom can now be found in the flower pot in the window of a witch hut.
1.7.2			13w36a				Added podzol, which allows mushrooms to grow on it regardless of the light level.
1.8			14w07a				Mushroom texture planes are no longer stretched by a factor of sqrt(2).
			14w10c				Mushroom texture planes are now stretched a bit more than they were previously - were the texture full, it would reach the corners of the block.
			14w17a				Mushroom texture planes are now the same size as they were before 14w07a.
							The flower pot's model has changed, resulting in a change of appearance to potted mushrooms.
			14w25a				Mushrooms are now affected by the same shading full blocks are.
							This also applies to when in pots.
			14w26a				Red mushrooms can no longer be found in flower pots of witch huts.[7]
			14w27a				Mushrooms are now used to craft rabbit stew.
1.11			16w39a				Mushrooms now generate in woodland mansions.
1.13			17w47a				The name of red mushrooms has been changed from "Mushroom" to "Red Mushroom".
							Red mushrooms can now once again be found in the flower pots inside of witch huts.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of red mushrooms have been changed.
							Mushrooms can now be used to craft suspicious stew.
			19w03a				Placing a mushroom into a composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
			19w05a				Mushrooms now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
							Added wandering traders, which sell both types of mushrooms.
1.16			20w07a				Red mushrooms have a 10⁄109 (~9.17%) chance of being given by the new piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–4.
			20w09a				Mushrooms can no longer be obtained through bartering with piglins.
1.16.2			20w27a				Mushrooms can now be placed and grown on nylium at any light level.
1.17			21w11a				Changed lighting.
1.18			21w39a				Mushrooms no longer generate underground.[8]
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Red mushrooms can now generate in trial chambers.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w09a				Mushrooms can now be obtained by shearing bogged.
1.21.2			24w33a				Mushrooms are no longer subject to shading when in flower pots.
1.21.5			25w09a				Added fallen trees to match Bedrock Edition, which have a chance to generate with mushrooms.
1.21.11			25w41a				Red mushrooms are now used to heal and tempt zombie horses.
							Zombies riding zombie horses sometimes drop red mushrooms when killed.

Pocket Edition Alpha
Demo							[verify] Added red mushrooms. They could generate or be placed in any light level.
v0.4.0							Red mushrooms can now be smelted to obtain rose red.
							Red mushrooms are now used to craft mushroom stew.
v0.5.0							Mushrooms now spread.
							Mushrooms can now only be generated or placed in areas with low light, making them significantly less common.
							Mushrooms are now obtainable after activating the nether reactor.
v0.9.0			build 1				Added huge mushrooms, which can be grown by applying bone meal to mushrooms.
							Shearing a mooshroom now drops red mushrooms.
v0.12.1			build 1				Mushrooms can now occupy the same space as snow.
							Mushrooms are no longer available from the nether reactor.
							Red mushrooms can no longer be smelted to obtain rose red.
v0.14.0			build 1				Potted red mushrooms now generate in swamp huts.
			build 3				Hitboxes of mushrooms no longer occupy an entire block.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Mushrooms now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of red mushrooms have been changed.
							Mushrooms are now sold by wandering traders.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Mushrooms can now be used to fill composters.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.9				Mushrooms can now be used to craft suspicious stews.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				The name of red mushrooms has been changed from "Mushroom" to "Red Mushroom".
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				Mushrooms can now be placed on nylium.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.21				Mushrooms no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.[9]
			Preview 1.21.60.23				Mushrooms generate in larger patches in mushroom fields.
1.21.100			Preview 1.21.100.20				Mushrooms now properly generate under trees in swamps and other biomes.
1.21.130			Preview 1.21.130.20				Red mushrooms are now used to heal and tempt zombie horses.
							Zombies riding zombie horses sometimes drop red mushrooms when killed.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Red mushrooms now generate as part of abandoned camps in dappled forests.
26.40			Preview 26.40.30				Red mushrooms can no longer be placed under the sky when it is dark.
							They now generate on crimson nylium and warped nylium no matter the brightness.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	[verify] Added red mushrooms.
TU14		1.04					Red mushrooms can now be added to flower pots.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			A red mushroom can now be found in the flower pot in the window of a witch hut.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added podzol, which allows mushrooms to grow on it regardless of the light level.
							Mushrooms are now used to craft rabbit stew.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Mushrooms now generate in woodland mansions.
			1.90				The textures of red mushrooms have been changed.
			1.91				Added wandering traders, which sell mushrooms.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							[verify] Added red mushrooms.

Java Edition
1.8			14w06a				Red mushrooms now use the newly-implemented model json file models/block/cross.json; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral IDs was 40.
1.17			21w19a				minecraft:red_mushroom has been added to the newly-implemented #minecraft:mineable/axe block tag. This, however, has no effect in-game, since the block breaks instantly anyway regardless of tool used or active effects. Prior to this update, red mushrooms were hardcoded to have axes as the preferred tool.
1.21.5			25w10a				minecraft:red_mushroom has been removed from the block tags #minecraft:mineable/axe and #minecraft:sword_efficient.

Issues relating to "Red Mushroom" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• The red mushroom is based on the poisonous Amanita muscaria (fly agaric).^[10]

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  Mushrooms found in a swamp biome
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  Red mushrooms growing in a stronghold cell
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  Mushrooms growing in the Nether
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  An example of a mushroom fields biome
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  A red mushroom growing on a cluster of glowstone in the Nether
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  The rare occurrence of red mushrooms growing on mossy cobblestone in a dungeon
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  Mushrooms growing on podzol
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  A red mushroom that spawned naturally on a magma block in the Nether
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  A large amount of mushrooms generated on a beach

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  Two large red mushroom trees

• Brown Mushroom
• Shelf Mushroom

• Taking Inventory: Mushroom – Minecraft.net on December 21, 2018