History Main / MagicMushroom

* In a reference to ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', ''VideoGame/KingsQuestI'' has a shrinking mushroom that you need to get out of the Land of the Leprechauns and back to the west side of the river. Wasted it or went underground without it? Congrats, now your game is {{unwinnable}}.

* Hasardous House in ''VideoGame/{{Something}}'' is based around the gimmick of the ? Mushroom. Its effects are randomized.
* Cave fungus in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is an ingredient of the limb-restoring chem Hydra, and with the ''Honest Hearts'' DLC, Blood Shield and Healing Poultices.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' series, the Puffstool enemy from the first game is a waddling mushroom with eyestalks whose spores will turn your Pikmin into zombie-like Mushroom Pikmin under its control. There are also the Common Glowcaps, [[BioluminescenceIsCool blue or pink bioluminescent]] mushrooms which provide light in cave areas--very useful when [[WeakenedByTheLight phosbats]] are about.

* ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has the mushrooms of Tanetane Island. Suffice to say, your party is [[{{Railroading}} railroaded]] into eating them, and creepy hallucinations ensue.

** ''Tasha's Cauldron of Everything'', a 5E sourcebook, includes a chapter on unusual and otherworldly phenomena that includes a description of supernatural mushrooms, which might be found growing in the Underdark, in the Feywild, or in other areas with powerful background magic. The list of possible results for eating one of these includes the character's skin turning brightly colored and boldly patterned, being shrunk or turned giant ''a la Literature/AliceInWonderland'', being healed, being unable to say anything but chicken noises, gaining telepathy or the ability to speak with plants, or having clouds of mist pour from the eater's eyes and mouth.

** ''Tasha's Cauldron of Everything'', a 5E sourcebook, includes a chapter on unusual and otherworldly phenomena that includes supernatural mushrooms, which might be found growing in the Underdark, in the Feywild, or in other areas with powerful background magic. The list of possible results for eating one of these includes the character's skin turning brightly colored and boldly patterned, being shrunk or turned giant ''a la Literature/AliceInWonderland'', being healed, being unable to say anything but chicken noises, gaining telepathy or the ability to speak with plants, or having clouds of mist pour from the eater's eyes and mouth.

** Basic D&D adventure O2 ''Blade of Vengeance'' has 5 types of magical mushrooms. Eating one of the first four types has the same effect as casting the spell Neutralize Poison, Haste, Clairvoyance or Cure Light Wounds on the eater, and the last type is so nourishing that eating it is the equivalent of a full meal.

* The Goblins of ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' use these in their brews to turn their more... enthusiastic warriors into unstoppable fanatics. They can also be used by their shamans to bolster their magic.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame uses phantasmal mushrooms to power most of her magic [[AllThereInTheManual according to supplementary material]].
* The Red Mushroom and Blue Mushroom in ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'' respectively make the eater [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrink]] and [[VisibleInvisibility invisible]]

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' has a Mushroom that could be taken to a witch to make Magic Powder. This item can turn chickens into humans, spirits into fairies and awake sleeping demons.
** The mushroom (renamed Sleepy Toadstool) and the Magic Powder returned in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'', its DX version, and the ''[[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Switch]]'' remake, where it can light fires and kill certain types of enemies.
*** And apparently the mushroom turned a guy into a Tanuki. Sprinkling Magic Powder on the Tanuki turns the guy back to normal.

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* The mushroom dance in ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''.

** There are also the Campestri, cute little ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''-style animate mushrooms who live in forests -- and sing!

* An apprentice shaman in ''Discworld/TheLightFantastic'' is drugged up on both sacred toadstools ''and'' mystic mushrooms, in the hope of a vision of Topaxci, God of the Red Mushroom. Instead he gets glared at by the Luggage, and would have run away if he'd been capable of such a complex sequence of movements. The same book also has a gnome who lives in a bright red toadstool with white spots, a variety which the aforementioned shaman would only eat after tying himself to a rock.

[[FantasticFlora Fictional mushrooms]] can do all of the above, ''and more'': Eating a mushroom can produce downright magical effects (like making you [[SuperMarioBros bigger]] or [[Literature/AliceInWonderland smaller]], turning you invisible, etc.), and getting infected by mushroom spores can not only make you sick, but [[BodyHorror physically transform]] you into a monster, possibly taking over your mind in the process; villains in particular can even weaponize the spores, turning them into a tool for MindControl or [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Brainwashing]] unsuspecting innocents.

* The various versions of mushrooms in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' (The TropeMaker and [[TropeCodifier Codifier]]) have many different effects. The most famous are the Super Mushroom (which makes you grow in size and allows you to take two hits instead of one) and the OneUp Mushroom (which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gives you an extra life]]). There also exist a couple common ones like the PoisonMushroom (which counts as taking a hit), the Mini Mushroom (which shrinks you significantly in size but causes any attack to be a OneHitKill) and the Mega Mushroom (which makes you [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever grow gigantic and invincible]]). And that's without counting all the other ones: there exist many more types like the Life Mushroom, the Spring Mushroom, the Bee Mushroom, the Boo Mushroom, the Rock Mushroom...

** The upcoming ''Repentance'' {{DLC}} (based on the ''[[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaacAntibirth Antibirth]]'' mod) will introduce the Mega Mush, another ''Mario'' reference. However, it will also introduce a much more realistic type of mushroom: the [[PoisonMushroom Black Mushroom]], which distorts the screen more and more on each use.

* The various versions of mushrooms in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' (The TropeMaker and [[TropeCodifier Codifier]]) have many different effects. The most famous are the Super Mushroom and the OneUp Mushroom, but there exist also the PoisonMushroom, the Spring Mushroom, the Bee Mushroom, the Boo Mushroom...
* CuteWitch [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Kirisame Marisa]] uses phantasmal mushrooms to power most of her magic [[AllThereInTheManual according to supplementary material]].

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' had a mushroom that could be taken to a witch to make Magic Powder, which could turn chickens into humans, spirits into fairies and awake sleeping demons.
** The mushroom and the Magic Powder returned in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'', where it could light fires and kill enemies.
*** And apparently turned a guy into a Tanuki.

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*** S4 ''The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth''. One room had mushrooms which gave special benefits if eaten. Red ones cured one HitPoint of damage, purple ones granted infravision and yellow-gray ones gave immunity to poison for a time.
*** [=EX1=] ''Dungeonland'' has several types of fungi, including Death Angel (touching caused death), Cup Fungi (touching caused acid damage), Giant Puffball (exploded if struck or punctured), Horsetail Mushroom (if eaten, doubled the rate of recovery of HitPoints and movement speed for 10 minutes) and Toadstool (If touched, turned into a Giant Toad and attacked).
*** S3 ''Expedition to the Barrier Peaks''. One area of the crashed starship had fungi with rose and cerise branches. Any creature that consumed it would move at double normal speed for two minutes.
** Basic D&D adventure O2 ''Blade of Vengeance'' had 5 types of magical mushrooms. Eating one of the first four types had the same effect as casting the spell Neutralize Poison, Haste, Clairvoyance or Cure Light Wounds on the eater, and the last type was so nourishing that eating it was the equivalent of a full meal.

** Gen VI's Morelull is part Fairy-type and appears to be a walking cluster of fungus [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypha hyphae]] with three mushrooms sprouting from the top. They glow in the dark -- staring at their lights induces sleepiness -- but it's not known what happens if you eat their mushrooms.

* Various mushrooms can be used with [[ItemCrafting Alchemy]] in ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' (or eaten raw) for different effects. Played realistically, as the mushrooms also have various negative effects in addition to positive, depending on how you mix the potion.

* Used to horrific effect in Creator/WarrenEllis' ''ComicBook/{{Supergod}}'', where a rocket test GoneHorriblyWrong creates an EldritchAbomination that WasOnceAMan[[note]]or rather two men and a woman[[/note]] that constantly spreads a FesteringFungus everywhere. The EldritchAbomination in question is a massive humanoid covered in thousands of alien mushrooms that compels everyone around it to worship it.

%%* Used to disgusting effect in Creator/WarrenEllis' ''ComicBook/{{Supergod}}''.

In RealLife, mushrooms, toadstools, and fungi comprise a ''vast'' array of types and genera. While a few are cultivated for food, and some for medicinal or religious (or [[MushroomSamba hallucinogenic]]) purposes, others are so toxic they are outright lethal, so one should '''never''' assume that a mushroom found in the wild is safe to eat without consulting a reference book (or better yet, a trained expert who can distinguish between seemingly identical specimens). Sometimes the visible mushrooms are actually just the tip of a proverbial iceberg, with the majority of the organism being a large underground colony of fungus. Some colonies can be counted as one of the largest communal organisms on the planet. And the ability of fungi to reproduce via infectious microscopic spores allows them to grow in just about any environment (including ''inside living bodies''), and can make it nearly impossible to get rid of a fungus infestation.