Mycelium

Not to be confused with Nylium.

Mycelium

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.6
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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
Default	0.9
Wooden	0.45
Stone	0.25
Iron	0.15
Diamond	0.15
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.1

Mob loot

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

Usage

Spread

A mycelium block can spread to any dirt block within one space above, one sideways, or three down. The mycelium needs light level 9+ above it and the dirt needs 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 one of the light-impeding blocks above and the light level at that block is below 4. The death and spread behavior is 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.

Effect on plants

• Mushrooms and fungus can remain on mycelium blocks in any light level, unlike the situation 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, or podzol.
• Mycelium cannot be tilled with a hoe to make farmland. Saplings, flowers, grass, shrubs, ferns and sugar cane cannot be planted on it, and pumpkins and melons do not grow on it.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.grass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.grass.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.grass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.grass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Breaking the block	dig.grass	0.7	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.grass	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	Mining the block	hit.grass	0.3	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.grass	0.11	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.grass	0.21	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.grass	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	Placing the block	use.grass	0.8	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Translation key
Mycelium	mycelium	bamboo_plantable_on enderman_holdable mushroom_grow_block	block.minecraft.mycelium

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Mycelium	mycelium	110	tile.mycelium.name

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
snowy	false	false true	If true, the block uses a snowy side and top texture. In-game, this is true when a snow block or snow is on top.

History

Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Added mycelium.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			Mycelium now appears in the creative mode inventory.
1.2.4		release			Mycelium is now the only block that mushrooms can be planted and spawned on while in direct contact with sunlight.
1.8		14w11b			Mycelium with numerical metadata variants 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have a missing texture rather than appearing identical to mycelium.
		14w26a			Block metadata has been completely removed from this snapshot onwards 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
1.9		15w31a			Mycelium can now be obtained by killing an enderman that is holding the block.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 110.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of mycelium has now been changed.
		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.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		20w45a			A shovel can now be used on mycelium to create a dirt path block.
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 now been changed.
1.16.200		beta 1.16.200.52			A shovel can now be used on mycelium to create a dirt path block.
Legacy Console Edition
TU7	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added mycelium.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The texture of mycelium has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added mycelium.

Issues

Issues relating to "Mycelium" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• It is a common misconception that only mooshrooms can spawn on mycelium. This is not true; it is the biome itself that prevents other mobs from spawning. Friendly and hostile mobs can spawn on mycelium in any other biome just like they do on any other block. Similarly, mycelium outside of a mushroom biome does not spawn mooshrooms.
• In real life, mycelium is the part of a fungus that gathers nutrients, comprised of web-like threads known as hyphae. Mycelium can be considered the roots of a fungus, whereas the mushrooms can be considered the fruits.

Gallery

• 

  Naturally generated mycelium in a mushroom fields biome.

• 

  An 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.

Java Edition

• 

  Mycelium as seen in a buffet mushroom fields shore.

See also

• Mycelium on Wikipedia
• Podzol
• Nylium

References

Blocks

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