Mushrooms

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It's a mushroom.

Wilson, when examining a Red Mushroom

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Pretty!

Willow, when examining a Red Mushroom

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Is mushy room.

Wolfgang, when examining a Red Mushroom

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Damp.

Wendy, when examining a Red Mushroom

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POISONUS FUNGUS

WX-78, when examining a Red Mushroom

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It is a fungus.

Wickerbottom, when examining a Red Mushroom

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It's a red mushroom.

Woodie, when examining a Red Mushroom

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It's a red mushroom.

Maxwell, when examining a Red Mushroom

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A red capped mushroom. Theoretically, it's poisonous.

Wagstaff, when examining a Red Mushroom

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At least it's göt a nice cölör.

Wigfrid, when examining a Red Mushroom

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Ready for the taking!

Webber, when examining a Red Mushroom

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Now that's a mushroom!

Walani, when examining a Red Mushroom

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Can't get fresher than that!

Warly, when examining a Red Mushroom

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It be an alarming colored 'shroom.

Woodlegs, when examining a Red Mushroom

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WILBA FIND'ST MUSHYROOM!

Wilba, when examining a Red Mushroom

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Squishy friend

Wormwood, when examining a Red Mushroom

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I'm expecting a little gnome to come out any minute now.

Wheeler, when examining a Red Mushroom

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It's some sorta red mushroom.

Winona, when examining a Red Mushroom

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Hyuyu! Do not think to poison me!

Wortox, when examining a Red Mushroom

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Hello mushroom!

Wurt, when examining a Red Mushroom

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Probably shouldn't pick that one.

Walter, when examining a Red Mushroom

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Just another mushroom.

Wanda, when examining a Red Mushroom

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It's a mushroom.

Wilson, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Stupid mushroom.

Willow, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Is mushy room.

Wolfgang, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Dank.

Wendy, when examining a Green Mushroom

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CULINARY FUNGUS

WX-78, when examining a Green Mushroom

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It is a fungus.

Wickerbottom, when examining a Green Mushroom

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It's a green mushroom.

Woodie, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Green fungus.

Maxwell, when examining a Green Mushroom

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I will have to cook it to take advantage of its medicinal properties.

Wagstaff, when examining a Green Mushroom

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It has risen!

Wigfrid, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Ready for harvest.

Webber, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Funky fungi.

Walani, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Little champignon!

Warly, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Don't see many o'these at sea.

Woodlegs, when examining a Green Mushroom

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WILBA FIND'TH MUSHYROOM!

Wilba, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Green mushy

Wormwood, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Mmmm... green mushrooms. Seems completely edible.

Wheeler, when examining a Green Mushroom

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It's some sorta green mushroom.

Winona, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Found you!

Wortox, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Best mushroom, florp.

Wurt, when examining a Green Mushroom

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It doesn't look like any of the mushrooms in my handbook.

Walter, when examining a Green Mushroom

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Just a green mushroom.

Wanda, when examining a Green Mushroom

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It's a mushroom.

Wilson, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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Dumb mushroom.

Willow, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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Is mushy room.

Wolfgang, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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Musty.

Wendy, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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MEDICINAL FUNGUS

WX-78, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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It is a fungus.

Wickerbottom, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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I can never remember which ones you can eat.

Woodie, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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The blue ones are good for something.

Maxwell, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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This will most certainly not agree with me.

Wagstaff, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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It's möld, really.

Wigfrid, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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Vroom vroom, mushroom.

Webber, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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Cooked or raw, I could eat a ton of these.

Walani, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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Ah, a blue truffle!

Warly, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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I got room fer mush in me belly.

Woodlegs, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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'TIS A TINY TREE O' NUM NUMS

Wilba, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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Little blue friend!

Wormwood, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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I never know which ones are dangerous and which ones are safe.

Wheeler, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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It's some sorta blue mushroom.

Winona, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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Found you!

Wortox, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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Food!

Wurt, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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Hm... there's no blue mushrooms in my handbook...

Walter, when examining a Blue Mushroom

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A blue mushroom. Moving on.

Wanda, when examining a Blue Mushroom

Mushrooms are naturally generated objects.

There are three types of Mushrooms; Red, Green, and Blue, which can be harvested to receive a Red Cap, Green Cap, and Blue Cap. They can be used as Vegetable Food or filler in Crock Pot recipes, or given to a Pig to produce Manure. Each mushroom has different effects on Health, Hunger, and Sanity, therefore, a player needs to know the advantages and disadvantages of their effects and think hard before consuming them. However, when combined effectively, mushrooms are a very synergistic food.

Mushroom Hunger Hunger Meter.png Sanity Sanity Meter.png Health Health Meter.png
Red Cap.png Raw Red Cap 12.5 0 -20
Cooked Red Cap.png Cooked Red Cap 0 -10 1
Green Cap.png Raw Green Cap 12.5 -50 0
Cooked Green Cap.png Cooked Green Cap 0 15 -1
Blue Cap.png Raw Blue Cap 12.5 -15 20
Cooked Blue Cap.png Cooked Blue Cap 0 10 -3


Red Mushrooms are typically found in Grasslands or Forests and can only be picked during the day. Red Mushrooms have the worst effects of all the mushrooms, both raw and cooked. Green Mushrooms are typically found in Forests and Marshes, and can only be picked at Dusk. Blue Mushrooms are typically found in Grasslands and Marshes and can only be picked at Night.

Each mushroom will re-grow after 5 to 10.5 minutes of Rain. They can also be dug up at any time using a Shovel to obtain two Caps, but the mushroom spawn will be destroyed. Mushrooms do not grow during Winter.

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In all DLCs, Mushrooms will turn into Mushtrees during a Full Moon. After chopping down these Mushtrees, their stumps will turn into a harvested Mushroom spawn point.

In Reign of Giants, all three types of mushrooms can be found within the Deciduous Forest.

In Shipwrecked, all three types of mushrooms can be found within the Jungle. Also, Green Mushrooms can be found within the Tidal Marsh.

In Hamlet, all three types of mushrooms can be found within the Gas Rainforest.

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  • Raw Blue Mushrooms are good for regenerating health and hunger, and cooked green caps make up for the lost sanity. So, raw Blue Mushrooms and cooked Green Mushrooms are a full diet for characters that can eat vegetarian meals.
  • Red Mushrooms are good for giving to Pigs, luring Gobblers, and using as Crock Pot filler.

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  • Mushrooms were added in A Little Rain Must Fall update.
  • Rings of Mushrooms can be found in some worlds as Set Pieces. These resemble Fairy Rings, which are naturally occurring rings of mushrooms that are thought to have supernatural origins in various mythologies.
  • Although they are considered vegetables in Don't Starve, mushrooms are body parts of fungi, and are technically not plants. However, they act more like vegetables than anything else during digestion.
  • Most characters mysteriously see green mushrooms as completely normal and mundane despite it's strong effects on sanity, Warly mistakes them for what would be known as white button mushrooms in English despite being green with a wide brimmed cap.

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  • If a mushroom is picked as it sinks into the ground, the player will receive a mushroom but the hole the mushroom left would look like the mushroom is still there and sleeping. The player will still view the mushroom as if it were picked already.
  • Sometimes, Mushtrees will not transform back into normal mushrooms when the day starts.

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