- Not to be confused with Black Hat Mushroom, Bulb-Capped Mushroom, Edge Shrooms, Puffshroom, or Splodeshroom.
Flathead Mushrooms in-game
Flathead Mushrooms are fungi with wide brown caps.
They have a food item form that is considered a Plant Item, and can be ground into Ground Flathead Mushroom.
Obtaining[]
Generation[]
Flathead Mushrooms generate in patches in Swamplands biomes and the Swamplands Clearing sub-biome.
They also generate around Chiromaw Matriarch Nests, in the Wight Fortress, and in the Labyrinthine Vaults, Barrishee Lair, Winding Walkways, Crypt Tunnels, and Crypt of the Sludgeon.
Properties[]
Growing[]
Flathead Mushrooms will grow to adjacent supporting blocks when on top of composted Dug Swamp Dirt, Dug Swamp Grass, Dug Purified Swamp Dirt, or Dug Purified Swamp Grass. The mushrooms themselves can be right-clicked with a Betweenlands Shovel to dig the block underneath it if applicable, and right-clicked with Compost to compost the dug block underneath. However, their growth will halt if the composted block they are growing on becomes decayed, or if its compost is depleted after enough harvests.
Potting[]
Flathead Mushrooms can be right-clicked on Mud Brick Flower Pots to place them inside decoratively. They can then be taken out by right-clicking the pot again.
Events[]
Placed Flathead Mushrooms will take on an alternative texture during the Winter seasonal event.
Drops[]
When broken, Flathead Mushrooms drop a Flathead Mushroom item. The blocks themselves cannot be collected.
Item Properties[]
Planting[]
Flathead Mushroom items can be used to plant Flathead Mushrooms on solid blocks, as long as there is not another block directly above them.
Consuming[]
When eaten, Flathead Mushroom items restore 3 hunger and 1.8 saturation. They also inflict the 
Hunger II effect for 25 seconds.
Unlike most other foods, they are not affected by Food Sickness.
Uses[]
Compostability[]
Both the block and item forms of Flathead Mushrooms can be composted in a Compost Bin. They have a compost process time of 6 minutes and 40 seconds and a compost value of 5. Visit the Compost page for more information regarding the composting mechanic.
Crafting Uses[]
| Result | Ingredients | Recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Olmlette Mixture | Shapeless: Flathead Mushroom (item) + Black Hat Mushroom (item) + Olm Egg Cluster (2) + Weedwood Bowl (is not consumed) + Weedwood Stick (is not consumed) |
 |
Grinding Uses[]
| Result | Ingredients | Recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Ground Flathead Mushroom | Flathead Mushroom (item) + Pestle (1 use) |  |
Steeping Uses[]
| Result | Ingredients | Recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Nettle Soup (fluid) (1000 mB) | Silk Bundle (containing Flathead Mushroom (item) + Black Hat Mushroom (item) + Nettle or Flowered Nettle) + Clean Water (1000 mB) |  |
| Swamp Broth (fluid) (1000 mB) | Silk Bundle (containing Flathead Mushroom (item) + Raw Snail Flesh + Ball of Sap) + Clean Water (1000 mB) |  |
Advancements[]
| Advancement | In-game Description | Parent | Actual Requirements | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mushroom Master |
Collect all the mushrooms | Sporadically Radical | Have a Black Hat Mushroom (item), Flathead Mushroom (item), Bulb-Capped Mushrooms, and Yellow Dotted Fungus in your inventory (does not have to be at the same time) | farmer /mushroom_master |
History[]
- Release 3.8.0: Right-clicking the mushroom with a Betweenlands Shovel or Compost will now dig or compost the block under it respectively.
- Release 3.6.0: Now generates around Chiromaw Matriarch Nests.
- Beta 3.5.0: Now generates in the Labyrinthine Vaults, Barrishee Lair, Winding Walkways, Crypt Tunnels, and Crypt of the Sludgeon.
- Release 3.4.0: Now generates in the Swamplands Clearing sub-biome.
- Release 3.3.0: Added Advancement.
- Alpha 3.2.0: Increased generation rate.
- Alpha 3.1.0: Now has an alternative texture for the Winter event.
- Beta 2.0.0:
- Can now be grown and farmed with composted blocks.
- Item is no longer affected by Food Sickness.
- Beta 1.0.0: Introduced.