Huge Mushroom

Huge Mushroom

Biomes	Mushroom Fields Dark Forest Swamp‌[BE only] Swamp Hills‌[BE only] Dark Forest Hills‌[BE only]
Generates in existing chunks	Yes
Consists of	Mushroom Blocks

Huge mushrooms are tree-like features that consist of mushroom blocks. They can be found naturally in swamp,‌^{[BE only]} dark forest, and mushroom fields biomes, or grown from a brown mushroom and red mushroom by applying bone meal on it – small mushrooms do not turn into huge mushrooms naturally.

Appearance

A huge mushroom's height is normally between 5 and 7 blocks inclusive, but it has a ¹⁄₁₂ chance to generate twice as high (minus 1 block), meaning that it can be 9, 11, or 13 blocks tall.^[1]

• Huge brown mushrooms consist of a single stalk in the center, with a 7×7 canopy of brown mushroom blocks at the top with the corners missing.
• A huge red mushroom, like its brown counterpart, has a single stalk in the center but a different canopy, composed of five 3×3 slabs of red mushroom blocks arranged above and around the stalk, forming a dome.

Generation

In mushroom fields, huge mushrooms generate abundantly although they do not create a forest.

Huge mushrooms sporadically generate in swamp‌^{[BE only]} and dark forest biomes, the latter having slightly more red huge mushrooms.

Growth

Huge mushrooms have a 40% chance to be grown by applying bone meal to a small red or brown mushroom. They can only be grown on the following blocks:

• Dirt
• Grass Block
• Coarse Dirt
• Podzol
• Mycelium
• Crimson Nylium
• Warped Nylium
• Rooted Dirt
• Moss Block
• Pale Moss Block
• Farmland
• Mud
• Muddy Mangrove Roots

In addition to this, they require a sky and block light level of 12 or less to grow,​^{[until: BE 26.60 & JE 26.4]} except podzol, mycelium, or nylium where they grow at any light level.

Each type of huge mushroom has specific requirements:

• For the huge brown mushroom to grow, the lowest four blocks of the stem (i.e., the three blocks above the small mushroom being grown) must be air or leaves, and a 7×(height−3)×7 region above must similarly be clear of anything except air or leaves. Because the space requirement matches the size of the canopy at the top, it is possible for a huge brown mushroom to grow with its canopy directly touching a mushroom next to it.
• Unlike brown mushrooms, red mushrooms only check the blocks directly above the small mushroom, and do not require the rest of the dome to be clear of other blocks. In Java Edition blocks with the tag #replaceable by mushrooms are replaced; other blocks remain.

A minimum of 5 blocks above the mushroom must be free of solid blocks, although 7 blocks are necessary for most to spawn. 13 blocks are required for it to be possible to generate all types of huge mushrooms.

A huge mushroom does not grow above the height limit.

Any small mushroom placed does not grow into a huge mushroom naturally; bone meal must be applied.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Feature type	Identifier
[No displayed name]	huge_red_mushroom
[No displayed name]	huge_brown_mushroom

Configured feature	Identifier
[No displayed name]	huge_red_mushroom
[No displayed name]	huge_brown_mushroom

which are used in:

Configured feature	Identifier
[No displayed name]	mushroom_island_vegetation
[No displayed name]	dark_forest_vegetation

Bedrock Edition:

Feature	Identifier
[No displayed name]	huge_red_mushroom_feature
[No displayed name]	huge_brown_mushroom_feature

which are used in:

Feature	Identifier
[No displayed name]	huge_mushroom_feature

which is used in:

Feature	Identifier
[No displayed name]	minecraft:legacy:forest_foliage_feature
[No displayed name]	minecraft:legacy:flower_forest_foliage_feature
[No displayed name]	minecraft:legacy:roofed_forest_foliage_feature
[No displayed name]	minecraft:legacy:swamp_foliage_feature

Config

Java Edition:

{
  "type": "minecraft:huge_red_mushroom",
  "config": {
    "cap_provider": {
      "type": "minecraft:simple_state_provider",
      "state": {
        "Name": "minecraft:red_mushroom_block",
        "Properties": {
          "down": "false",
          "east": "true",
          "north": "true",
          "south": "true",
          "up": "true",
          "west": "true"
        }
      }
    },
    "foliage_radius": 2,
    "stem_provider": {
      "type": "minecraft:simple_state_provider",
      "state": {
        "Name": "minecraft:mushroom_stem",
        "Properties": {
          "down": "false",
          "east": "true",
          "north": "true",
          "south": "true",
          "up": "false",
          "west": "true"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

History

Development

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Issues

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

Trivia

• All huge mushrooms have exactly 45 blocks besides the stalk, so an average of 13.5 mushrooms can be obtained from each huge mushroom's cap.
• Red mushrooms are rarer than brown mushrooms, but this is not the case for huge mushrooms.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Huge mushrooms in a dark forest
• 
  Huge mushrooms in a swamp in Bedrock Edition
• 
  A single huge mushroom on a tiny mushroom island
• 
  A brown huge mushroom in a dark forest
• 
  A red huge mushroom in a dark forest
• 
  A 13-block tall huge red mushroom
• 
  A 13-block tall huge brown mushroom
• 
  Some huge mushrooms in water in a swamp
• 
  Enough roof for growing huge mushrooms on the surface

Historical screenshots

• 
  The decoded change-list
• 
  A river test with 3 huge red mushrooms (Bottom left, top, and one hidden behind a tree at the far left)
• 
  An early village (a first screenshot about villages, posted by Notch) with 2 huge mushrooms
• 
  The first screenshot of endermen, with a huge mushroom on the right
• 
  Demonstration of the changes to huge red mushroom growth mechanics in 17w47a
• 
  Demonstration of the changes to huge brown mushroom growth mechanics in 19w41a

References

External links

• "Block of the Month: Red Mushroom" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, May 8, 2025.