Mycelium

Mycelium is only found natively in Mushroom Island Biomes.

Behavior
Mycelium behaves like grass in a number of ways. When harvested, it will yield one dirt block (and therefore can only be acquired via inventory hacks, or SMP commands from an op). It slowly spreads out to cover bare dirt blocks. Because Mycelium is only found in Mushroom Land biomes, this and using pistons are the only "legitimate" ways to grow it outside the Mushroom Land biome - provide it a dirt path to grow into. It grows faster when light is near, unlike the habits of real fungi. When covered in snow, the sides will use the same texture as snow-covered grass. It is extremely sensitive to water. In the time it takes a Water source block to fully spread out and recede on flat land, 20-40% of Mycelium blocks under the water will have reverted to dirt.

Limitations
There are a few limitations, though. Saplings and Flowers cannot be placed on Mycelium, but Mycelium can spread beneath them, which causes them to drop as items from the spot. Mycelium is also the only block on which mushrooms can stay when an adjacent block is updated despite a light level that is too high for the Mushroom to remain. Mycelium cannot be tilled with a Hoe. The tops of Mycelium blocks have a particle effect that resembles tiny spores being released constantly from the surface. This effect persists even when the Mycelium block is covered in snow. Mycelium and grass do not replace one another.