Fungus

This article is about the fungi found in the Nether. For the other type of mushrooms, see Mushroom. For the structure, see Huge fungus. For the fungus used for potions, see Nether wart.

Fungus

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

A fungus is a mushroom-like block that generates in the Nether. There are two types of fungi: crimson and warped.

Obtaining

Breaking

A fungus can be mined instantly with any tool or with no tool, and always drops itself. Mining a flower pot containing a fungus drops the flower pot along with the fungus.

Natural generation

Fungi naturally generate in the crimson forest and warped forest biomes. Crimson fungi most commonly generate in the crimson forest biome and warped fungi most commonly generate in the warped forest biome. Warped fungi can generate in crimson forests and crimson fungi in warped forests but this is not common.

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Crimson Fungus	Bastion remnant	Hoglin stable chest	2–7	22.8%
Bedrock Edition
Crimson Fungus	Bastion remnant	Hoglin stable chest	2–7	22.8%

Post-generation

Applying bone meal to nylium causes fungi to appear nearby, similar to flowers on grass blocks. While fungi of both types and other Nether vegetation do generate this way, they are more likely to be the same type as the nylium.

Usage

Placement

All of the blocks that fungi can be placed on.

Fungi may be placed on grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, podzol, farmland, rooted dirt, moss blocks, nylium, mycelium, and soul soil. Attempting to place it on any other block fails. Fungi requires a solid block underneath it, and pops off and drops itself if it is no longer supported.

Fungi can also be placed in flower pots.

Growth

When bone meal is used on a fungus that is planted on matching nylium, it has a 40% chance to grow into its tall equivalent (similar to saplings and mushrooms). Crimson and warped fungi grow into crimson and warped huge fungi, respectively. The stem, shroomlight, or nether wart block may replace certain blocks including slabs and torches.

Breeding

Crimson fungus can be used to breed hoglins and keep them from despawning, but it does not stop the hoglin from attacking the player. Warped fungus can be used to breed striders and lead them around if crafted as a warped fungus on a stick.

Hoglins

All hoglins, regardless of age, avoid and run up to 7 blocks away from warped fungus when it is placed on a block or inside of a flower pot. Held warped fungi and warped fungi on sticks do not have this effect.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Warped Fungus on a Stick	Fishing Rod or Damaged Fishing Rod + Warped Fungus

Composting

Placing a fungus into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.fungus.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	?	?	?
?	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.fungus.fall	None	?	?	?
?	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.fungus.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	?	?	?
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.fungus.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	?	?	?
	Footsteps	Blocks	?	block.fungus.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	?	?	?

Bedrock Edition:^{[more information needed]}

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Crimson Fungus	crimson_fungus	Block & Item	enderman_holdable	block.minecraft.crimson_fungus
Warped Fungus	warped_fungus	Block & Item	enderman_holdable hoglin_repellents	block.minecraft.warped_fungus

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Crimson Fungus	crimson_fungus	483	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.crimson_fungus.name
Warped Fungus	warped_fungus	484	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.warped_fungus.name

History

Java Edition
September 28, 2019					Crimson and Warped fungus was shown as part of crimson forest biome.
1.16		20w06a			Added crimson and warped fungi.
					Warped fungi have different textures for item and placed form. This does not affect crimson fungi.
		20w07a			Crimson fungi and warped fungi can now be obtained by bartering with piglins, making them renewable. Crimson fungi has a 10⁄109 (~9.17%) chance of being offered in a stack of 1–4, while warped fungi has a 5⁄109 (~4.59%) chance of being offered in a stack of 1–2.
					Hoglins can now be bred with crimson fungi.
					Hoglins now run away from warped fungi.
		20w09a			"Fungi" has been renamed to "Fungus".
					Crimson fungus can no longer be obtained by bartering with piglins, making it no longer renewable.
					Huge fungi can now be grown only if the fungus is on the same type of nylium.
					Fungus can now be planted in flower pots.
		March 3, 2020			Adrian Östergård states fungi are to be renewable in the future, but not through bartering.
		20w10a			The inventory texture of warped fungi has been changed to match the block form.
					Warped fungus can no longer be obtained by bartering with piglins, making it no longer renewable, despite this already being the case in the prior snapshot.
		20w12a			Crimson fungi and warped fungi now generate when bone meal is used on nylium, making them both renewable again.
		20w13a			Warped fungi can now be used to craft warped fungus on a stick.
					Striders can now be bred using warped fungus.
		20w15a			Crimson and warped fungi can now be composted.
		20w16a			Crimson fungi now generate in bastion remnant chests.
1.16.2		20w27a			Crimson and warped fungi can now be placed on mycelium.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added crimson and warped fungi.
					Both crimson and warped fungi have a chance to generate when applying bone meal directly to a nylium block, making them renewable.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Huge fungi can now be grown only if the fungus is on the same type of nylium.
					Warped fungi can now be used to craft warped fungus on a stick.
					Striders can now be bred using warped fungus.
					Crimson fungi now generate in bastion remnant chests.
					Crimson and warped fungi can now be composted.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.54			Crimson and warped fungi can now be placed on mycelium.

Issues

Issues relating to "Crimson Fungus" or "Warped Fungus" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

See also

• Crimson Forest
• Warped Forest
• Huge fungus