Mycelium

Not to be confused with Nylium.

Mycelium

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.6
Hardness	0.6
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	24 COLOR_PURPLE
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Sliding

Mycelium is a particularly rare variant of dirt that is only found naturally in mushroom fields biomes. It has a particle effect that resembles tiny spores being released constantly from the surface.

Obtaining

Breaking

Mycelium can be obtained by mining it using a tool with the Silk Touch enchantment. If mined with any other tool or by hand, it drops dirt. A shovel is the fastest tool to collect it.

Block	Mycelium
Hardness	0.6
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	10.9 (JE) 0.9 (BE)
Wooden	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Stone	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Copper	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Iron	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Diamond	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Netherite	10.15 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Golden	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Mycelium generates in mushroom fields biomes in abundance. A single block generates in swamp abandoned camps.‌^{[BE only]}​^{[until: BE 26.60]}

Mob loot

Endermen can pick up mycelium blocks, and drop the block they are holding if killed.

Usage

Spread

Mycelium can spread to any dirt block within one space above, one sideways, or three down. Mycelium needs at least light level 9 above it, while dirt needs at least light level 4 above it and must not be covered by any light-impeding block or any opaque block. Mycelium reverts to dirt when covered by a light-impeding block above, and the light level at that block is below 4. The death and spread behaviors are checked when a random tick lands on the block.

If there is a plant on a dirt block when mycelium spreads to it, the plant pops out and drops as an item.

Dirt path

Mycelium can be turned into a dirt path by using any type of shovel on it.

Effect on plants and mobs

• Mushrooms and Nether fungi can remain on mycelium blocks in any light level, unlike on other blocks, where mushrooms are broken (dropping as items) during block updates in high light.
• Huge mushrooms can grow on mycelium, just as they can grow on dirt, grass blocks, or podzol.
• Mycelium cannot be directly tilled with a hoe to make farmland.^[1]
  • However, it can first be converted to dirt path using a shovel, then tilled with a hoe to create farmland.
• Sniffers cannot dig on mycelium.^[2]

Death

Mycelium dies and changes to dirt a random time (when a random tick lands on the block) after it has been covered by any opaque blocks. Transparent blocks can kill mycelium in a similar manner if they cause the light level above the mycelium to be four or below (like water does) and the surrounding area is not otherwise sufficiently illuminated.

Sounds

Generic

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​[until: JE 26.4]	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

Unique

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Mycelium	mycelium	Block & Item	enderman_holdable huge_red_mushroom_can_place_on huge_brown_mushroom_can_place_on moss_replaceable lush_ground_replaceable mooshrooms_spawnable_on overrides_mushroom_light_requirement supports_big_dripleaf supports_warped_fungus mineable/shovel grass_blocks	grass_blocks sulfur_cube_archetype/slow_sliding	block.minecraft.mycelium

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Mycelium	mycelium	110	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.mycelium.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Added mycelium.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Mycelium can now be obtained by mining it using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch.
							Mycelium has no name in the inventory.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5				Mycelium now appears in the Creative inventory.
							Mycelium is now named "Mycelium" in the inventory.
1.2.4							Mycelium is now the only block that mushrooms can be planted and spawned on while in direct contact with sunlight.
1.9			15w31a				Mycelium can now be obtained by killing an enderman that is holding the block.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of mycelium has been changed.
			19w05a				Mycelium is now renewable due to wandering traders selling podzol.
			19w12a				Mycelium now has random orientations when placed, similar to grass blocks.
1.16.2			20w27a				Crimson and warped fungi can now be placed on mycelium.
1.17			20w45a				A shovel can now be used on mycelium to create a dirt path block.
			21w16a				Grass, tall grass, ferns, tall ferns, sweet berry bushes, saplings, flowers, azaleas, sugar cane, dead bushes, and bamboo can now be placed on mycelium.
							Pumpkins and melons can now grow onto mycelium.
1.18			21w44a				Mycelium is now indluded in the block tag #mooshrooms_spawnable_on.
1.19			22w11a				The side texture of mycelium has been changed.[3]
26.1			snap6				Mycelium is now included in the block tag #grass_blocks instead of #dirt.
							Mycelium is now included in the item tag #grass_blocks
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb mycelium, providing the curling stone/slow sliding effect to the mob.
26.3			snap5				abandoned_camp/camp/swamp/campsite_swamp_2 now contains a single block of mycelium.
26.3			pre1				Removed the mycelium found above.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added mycelium.
v0.9.2							Mycelium now spreads correctly.
v0.12.1			build 1				Mycelium can now be obtained using the Silk Touch enchantment.
v0.14.0			build 1				Mycelium can now be obtained by killing an enderman that is holding the block.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of mycelium has been changed.
1.16.200			beta 1.16.200.52				A shovel can now be used on mycelium to create a dirt path block.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.24				Grass, tall grass, ferns, tall ferns, sweet berry bushes, saplings, flowers, azaleas, sugar cane, dead bushes, and bamboo can now be placed on mycelium.[4]
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.21				The side texture of mycelium has been changed.
1.19.60			Preview 1.19.60.20				Pumpkins and melons can now grow onto mycelium.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb mycelium, providing the curling stone/slow sliding effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added mycelium.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Mycelium can now be obtained by killing an enderman that is holding the block.
			1.90				The texture of mycelium has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added mycelium.

Data history

Java Edition
1.8			14w11b				Mycelium with numerical metadata variants 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model rather than appearing identical to mycelium.
			14w26a				Block metadata has been completely removed from this snapshot onward with the introduction of block states. As this block never used block metadata at all prior to this version, fifteen unused, inaccessible metadata variants of it have been completely removed from the game: DV Description 0 Mycelium 1-15 Inaccessible "boring" variants of mycelium
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 110.
			21w16a				Mycelium is now in the dirt tag.

Issues

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

Trivia

• In real life, mycelium is the part of a fungus that gathers nutrients. Mycelium consists of web-like threads known as hyphae. Mycelium can be considered the roots of a fungus, whereas the mushrooms can be considered the fruits. Mycelium itself does not produce spores, although its particle effect in Minecraft may look like spores.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Naturally generated mycelium in a mushroom fields biome
• 
  Another view of naturally generated mycelium in a mushroom fields biome
• 
  Mycelium as shown with snow on top. The mycelium still produces spores.
• 
  Mycelium as seen spreading in dirt and destroying planted sugar cane. This is no longer possible as of 1.17, as sugar cane can now be planted on mycelium.
• 
  Animation of particles emanating from mycelium

See also

• Mycelium on Wikipedia
• Podzol
• Nylium

References

^[1]

External links

• Block of the Week: Mycelium – Minecraft.net on November 28, 2016

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