Emily Johnson
Mushrooms are a variety of fungus that grow and spread in dark areas. They can be placed and grown on blocks that have a full top surface in light levels below 13 and not directly underneath the sky. They can be planted on mycelium, podzol, or nylium, and can remain planted in any light level. They can be grown outdoors using dirt, grass, podzol, mycelium, or nylium. In the overworld, podzol is more easily available. To make podzol, plant a giant spruce tree with four saplings, and wait for it to grow. When it grows up, chop the tree down and use the newly formed podzol to plant a mushroom. Mushrooms can also be grown in the Nether, where mobs do not spawn in small spaces.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Light level | Below 13 |
| Surface | Full top surface, not slabs or stairs |
| Blocks | Grass, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, moss, podzol, mycelium, nylium |
| Height limit | No planting above y 103 |
| Location | Swamp, old-growth taiga, mushroom fields biomes, the Nether |
| Timing | Plant in water, then use bonemeal |
| Space | 7x7x8 for huge mushrooms |
| Torches | Soul torches or normal torches two blocks above |
| Mobs | Safe in the Nether |
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What You'll Learn
Place mushrooms on dirt blocks around 2x2 spruce trees
To place mushrooms on dirt blocks around 2x2 spruce trees, you'll need to follow a few specific steps. Firstly, you'll need to grow the 2x2 spruce trees. To do this, you must place four spruce saplings adjacent to each other in a square formation, ensuring no blocks are diagonally adjacent to the north-western side. This will create a mega spruce tree.
Once your mega spruce tree has grown, it will convert any grass blocks, dirt, mycelium, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, and moss blocks within a radius of up to 6 blocks to podzol. This process is centred on the south-eastern sapling. Podzol is essential for placing mushrooms as it allows them to be placed regardless of light levels, promoting the growth of huge mushrooms.
After converting the necessary blocks to podzol, you can begin placing your mushrooms. Mushrooms can be placed on blocks with a full top surface in light levels below 13 and not directly underneath the sky. They can be instantly mined with any item, and breaking a huge mushroom block can drop up to 2 mushrooms of the same colour.
Additionally, mushrooms have a chance to spread to nearby blocks, including diagonally, if there are fewer than five mushrooms of the same type in the vicinity. This natural spread can be encouraged by applying bone meal to a mushroom, causing it to grow into a huge mushroom of the same colour, provided it has enough space.
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Use mycelium or podzol for planting mushrooms
Mushrooms are a variety of fungus that grows and spreads in dark areas. They can be instantly mined with anything, and a huge mushroom block can drop up to two mushrooms of the same colour. Mushrooms can be placed and grown in any light level on podzol or mycelium.
Podzol is a variant of dirt and will not spread, making it non-renewable. It is a dirt-type block that naturally blankets the surface of old-growth taiga and bamboo jungles, along with their respective variants. Grass blocks and mycelium cannot spread to this block. Podzol can be broken using any tool or by hand, but a shovel is the quickest. It can be obtained using a tool with Silk Touch; otherwise, it drops dirt instead.
Mycelium, on the other hand, is its own block and behaves like grass, spreading to ordinary dirt. It is hard to obtain in large quantities, but it is essentially unlimited due to the abundance of dirt blocks. Mycelium will turn into ordinary dirt if covered by a non-transparent block for a short time. However, if there is other mycelium nearby, it will spread back over the dirt and turn it into mycelium again once uncovered.
Both podzol and mycelium allow mushrooms to be placed on them regardless of the light level, enabling the growth of huge mushrooms. If you are planning on growing giant mushrooms repeatedly, podzol is a better option because mycelium will die when covered by a giant mushroom, just like grass.
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Plant mushrooms in low-lit indoor rooms to avoid hostile mobs
Mushrooms can be placed everywhere but well-lit areas or non-solid/transparent blocks. They do not require water, sand, or extra space like crops, cacti, or saplings. However, they can only be planted at night on blocks where the light level is less than or equal to 12. The exceptions to this are mycelium, nylium, and podzol, on which mushrooms can be planted and remain in full light. They can then spread slowly to other opaque blocks.
The main danger in small mushroom farming is that they must be grown in low-lit indoor rooms, which poses the risk of hostile mobs spawning in the same area (except on Peaceful mode). This can be prevented in several ways. One way is to place a large number of soul torches, as they emit light level 10, which is dark enough for mushrooms and bright enough to prevent mobs.
Another way to prevent mobs is by making the farming area just one block high and paving any walkways with slabs. A water system can then be used to channel the mushrooms out of the farm room and into a collection point. This removes most of the danger since mobs cannot spawn on half-blocks or in one-block-tall areas, and any other areas can be lit up. The Nether is also a safe place to start a mushroom farm since mobs there do not spawn in small spaces.
Using bone meal on either a red or brown mushroom will cause a huge mushroom to grow if enough room is available and if the mushroom is planted on the appropriate block. Huge mushrooms can give at least 20 mushrooms when harvested.
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Use bone meal to grow huge mushrooms
To use bone meal to grow huge mushrooms in Minecraft, you need to meet certain conditions. Firstly, mushrooms can be planted and grown on blocks with a full top surface in light levels below 13 and not directly underneath the sky. They can be placed on grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, or moss blocks. If you're using mycelium, podzol, or nylium, they can be placed in any light level, including under the sky.
To grow a giant mushroom, you need to ensure there is enough space for it to grow. The mushroom needs a 7x7x8 block area of open space. If you're having trouble growing mushrooms with bonemeal, try moving further away from your house, as one user reported success after travelling about 30 blocks out.
Another user reported success by planting the mushroom on dirt or grass (not stone), removing the top section, leaving the blocks around the mushroom, and then adding bonemeal. It is also important to note that mushrooms grow and spread in dark areas, so light levels should be considered when trying to grow huge mushrooms.
In the Java Edition, mushrooms are commonly found in patches on the bedrock ceiling of the Nether, and they can also generate on top of nearly any block types.
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Plant mushrooms in the Nether to avoid mobs
Mushrooms are a variety of fungus that grows and spreads in dark areas. They can be instantly mined with anything, and a huge mushroom block can yield up to two mushrooms of the same colour. They can be grown on blocks with a full top surface in light levels below 13, and not directly under the sky.
The Nether is a safe place to start a mushroom farm as mobs do not spawn in small spaces. To avoid mobs, you can make the farming area just one block high and use slabs and a water system to channel the mushrooms out of the farm room and into a collection point. This method can be difficult due to the slow growth of mushrooms.
Another way to avoid mobs is to use torches. Soul torches emit light level 10, which is dark enough for mushrooms and bright enough to prevent mobs. Normal torches can be placed two blocks above where you want your mushrooms to grow.
In the Nether, nylium is a good choice for growing huge mushrooms. You can spread nylium to adjacent netherrack blocks by using bonemeal on the netherrack. Mushrooms can be planted on mycelium, podzol, or nylium, and they can stay planted in any light level.
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Frequently asked questions
Mushrooms can be placed in areas with a light level of 12 or less. They can be planted on blocks with a full top surface, such as dirt, grass, podzol, mycelium, or nylium.
The height limit for placing mushrooms is Y 103.
Place soul torches or normal torches two blocks above where you want your mushrooms to grow. Alternatively, make the farming area one block high and use a water system to channel the mushrooms out of the farm room.
