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* In ''Film/TheBear'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the titular bear]] eats psilocybin mushrooms.
* A bag of peyote buds serves as a ChekhovsGun in ''Film/{{Ravers}}''.
* In ''Film/{{Shrooms}}'', American student Tara and her college friends visit Ireland to meet with local resident and friend Jake, and go camping in woodlands surrounding a long-disused children's home. While collecting psilocybin mushrooms for later consumption, Tara eats a death bell mushroom and suffers a seizure after which she experiences dream-like trances in which she begins having premonitions of future events. later all the campers imbibe mushroom tea, and go into the forest where they get separated and start experiencing bizarre hallucinations. This is especially bad news as someone, or something, is stalking and killing them.

* An ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'' theatrical short had a field full of mushrooms with a weird powder that affected emotions. There were four types: laughter, sadness, anger, and sneezing. Baikinman managed to harvest the mushrooms into a liquid squirt gun, that when used, made the victim randomly go through the symptoms.

** Age-altering mushrooms. The height of the mushroom corresponded to the age into which it changed the eater: A 4 cm mushroom makes the eater 4-years-old, a 17 cm one 17-years-old, etc. Why the mushrooms worked with the metric system is not explained. (Apparently, even nature has made the switch to metric before the USA.)

* The strange red mushrooms that grow underneath ''ComicBook/{{Seconds}}''. Eating one grants the ability to correct one's mistake in the past.
* Used to horrific effect in ''ComicBook/{{Supergod}}'', in which 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. Before the scientists studying it began taking anti-fungal medications, several of them died because it began to spawn ''hundreds of fungal growths shaped like human heads inside their bodies''.

* Played with in the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "The New Shop In The Village", where the Smurfs who get high on moonberries start eating the roof of the Wake N Bake Brew Shop, thinking that the mushrooms that are used to build Smurf houses will give them hallucinations.

* ''VideoGame/{{Angband}}'' has various types of mushrooms, a few of which have beneficial effects when eaten. Of course, telling which ones are {{Poison Mushroom}}s can be tricky without scrolls or spells of identify... And then there's the [[MushroomSamba Mushrooms of Hallucination]]. The game also has "magic mushrooms," which are mushroom monsters that cast spells at you.

* 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. Before the scientists studying it began taking anti-fungal medications, several of them died because it began to spawn ''hundreds of fungal growths shaped like human heads inside their bodies''.

* In the live-action film ''Film/TheBear'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the titular bear]] eats psilocybin mushrooms. HilarityEnsues.

* A bag of peyote buds serve as a Chekhov's Gun in ''Film/{{Ravers}}''.

* In Literature/{{Aztec}} , Tzitzi steals a mushroom from the temple in order to [[BrotherSisterIncest seduce Mixtli]]. Later, an ex-priest (and, Mixtli hypothesizes but never proves, Motecuzoma) sacrifices his genitals on the altar while in a mushroom ecstasy.

* An apprentice shaman in ''Literature/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.
* ''Literature/LoyalEnemies'': During their stay with the [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]], the party are presented with a pot of pickled fly agarics. Suspicious that the trolls are trying to pull something funny -- also, the stuff looks disgusting -- , Shelena declares that since Veres is [[BigEater always hungry]], he may have the entire pot. Eating it all makes him so sleepy, he cannot attend the trolls' grand spirit ceremony, but scrashes it midway behaving like he's either possessed or hallucinating. Turns out, the trolls never meant to poison the heroes. Instead, fly agaric is a rare delicacy for them and that was the last pot their leader had stashed away and it wouldn't have had any major effects has Veres not eaten the entire pot.
* In the ''Literature/{{Necroscope}}'' books mushrooms growing on a vampire's grave can cause someone to be vampirised themselves.
* ''Literature/{{Elatsoe}}'': Mushrooms are used by fae-descendants to build fairy rings for FastTravel.

* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': Blue-eyes, mushrooms found in Umory-Ond's badlands, cause a random magical effect on whoever eats them. They are illegal worldwide due to their dangerous unpredictability, but some people are addicted to them for it.

* ''VideoGame/EnoughPlumbers'', a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' parody, turns the mushroom powerups into psilocybin mushrooms.

* The various versions of mushrooms in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' 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 Propeller Mushroom...

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'': "These Glowing Mushrooms recharged my batteries!"
** Worth noting is that after Naked Snake mentions this, Para-Medic consults with one of the other MissionControl agents over ''how the hell that's even possible''.

** Gen VII'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.

* ''VideoGame/Pikmin1'': The Puffstool enemy 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.

** There are also several mushroom items, but they mostly just serve as VendorTrash.

* 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 Propeller Mushroom...

See also FantasticFruitsAndVegetables. SpringySpores may overlap if found in a MouseWorld.

* ''Literature/{{Elatsoe}}'': Mushrooms are used by fae-descendants to build fairy rings for Fast Travel.

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** Age-altering mushrooms. The height of the mushroom corresponded to the age into which it changed the eater: A 4 cm mushroom makes the eater 4 years old, a 17 cm one 17 years old, etc. Why the mushrooms worked with the metric system is not explained. (Apparently, even nature has made the switch to metric before the USA.)

* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Luffy almost dies after eating an odd mushroom that causes mushrooms to sprout rapidly from all over his body.
** Django, once a pirate under Kuro, [[spoiler:and then a Marine]] has the power of hypnosis because he ate a Mushroom. The downside is, now he has a stem of the mushroom growing from his chin like a beard. Oh, and he also tends to fall asleep whenever he hypnotizes someone. But that one seems to be no fault of the mushroom.
* An ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'' theatrical short had a field full of mushrooms with a weird powder that affected emotions. There were four types: laughter, sadness, anger, and sneezing. Baikinman managed to harvest the mushrooms into a liquid squirt gun, that when used, made the victim randomly go through the symptoms.

* In the ''Literature/{{Necroscope}}'' books mushrooms growing on a vampire's grave can cause someone to be vampirised themselves.
* An apprentice shaman in ''Literature/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.
* The Children in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' live mostly off fungi, and even though they're human each one of them is so thin as to be skeletal. There's just not much to eat on Dagobah. However, they're still agile and quite strong.

* 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 Propeller Mushroom...

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' have mushrooms that can be taken to a witch to make Magic Powder, which can turn chickens into humans and spirits into fairies, awake sleeping demons, light fires and kill certain types of enemies. In ''Link's Awakening'', the mushroom itself also turned a guy into a tanuki. Sprinkling Magic Powder on it turns the guy back to normal.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': Multiple types of mushrooms grow in the wilds of Hyrule, and when harvested and cooked can confer bonuses like elemental resistances or increased stealth, strength, toughness, stamina and speed. Silent shrooms, in particular, also [[GlowingFlora glow blue at night]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame uses phantasmal mushrooms to power most of her magic [[AllThereInTheManual according to supplementary material]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Angband}}'' has various types of mushrooms, a few of which have beneficial effects when eaten. Of course, telling which ones are {{Poison Mushroom}}s can be tricky without scrolls or spells of identify... And then there's the [[MushroomSamba Mushrooms of Hallucination]]. The game also has "magic mushrooms," which are mushroom monsters that cast spells at you.
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' has the Ma Pignon mushroom, which cures amnesia [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot even when eaten by a robot]]. In a twist, [[spoiler:you have to fight the mushroom, which understandably [[LetsMeetTheMeat doesn't want to be eaten]].]]
* In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI'', there is a ring of magic mushrooms somewhere in the forest which is protected by the fairies at night. If they see you go inside their ring, they will [[MagicDance dance you to death]]. Their only true use is to be given to the healer for a gold coin apiece. Eating one will make the screen briefly flash with colors, and eating more will kill you.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'': "These Glowing Mushrooms recharged my batteries!"
** Worth noting is that after Naked Snake mentions this, Para-Medic consults with one of the other MissionControl agents over ''how the hell that's even possible''.
* The Hypno-shroom in ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' causes {{Mook Face Turn}}s.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Paras is an insect-like creature with a pair of mushrooms growing on its back. In its evolved form Parasect, the mushrooms have merged into a single cap and ''taken over the bug's higher brain functions''.
** Gen III introduced Shroomish, which evolves into Breloom, a bizarre mushroom-dinosaur hybrid that's part Fighting-type.
** And Gen V has Foongus and its evolution Amoongus, apparently sentient mushrooms whose spore releases can sicken and poison people or Pokemon in the area.
** Gen VII'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.
** There are also several mushroom items, but they mostly just serve as VendorTrash.
* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'' has magic mushrooms that will bring you BackFromTheDead.

* ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor'' has a variety of interesting fungi that your character can collect. All can be eaten for various effects, most of which are good (except for the poisonous Mud Wen), and many can be used as ingredients for alchemy. There's even a whole skill tree devoted to mushrooms, Fungal Arts.
* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': Though there aren't too many magic properties besides some potion possibilities, the mushrooms are mostly just used for food. They can however grow to unusual size, which is pretty magical, [[BodyHorror and can infest cows too]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Something}}'': Hasardous House is based around the gimmick of the ? Mushroom. Its effects are randomized.
* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': Cave fungus is an ingredient of the limb-restoring chem Hydra, and with the ''Honest Hearts'' DLC, Blood Shield and Healing Poultices.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' has a sidequest where an old couple asks you to being them a mushroom. The catch being that there's two of them, the Laughing Fungus and the Healing Fungus. Bringing them the latter rewards you with a Mars Djinni. Show the Laughing Fungus to the fortuneteller at Naribwe, and he'll tell you where the next story event is, although [[GuideDangIt you still have to figure out how to get there]].
* ''VideoGame/Mother3'' has the mushrooms of Tanetane Island. Suffice to say, your party is [[{{Railroading}} railroaded]] into eating them, and creepy hallucinations ensue.

* Though there's not too many magic properties besides some potion possibilities, the mushrooms in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' are mostly just used for food. They can however grow to unusual size, which is pretty magical, [[BodyHorror and can infest cows too.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'': 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.

* The Fungus talent category in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMajEyal'' is a mix of this and FesteringFungus. Fungal talents are all based on regeneration effects; extending their duration, gaining an ExtraTurn when a regeneration effect starts, recovering [[{{Mana}} Equilibrium]] while regenerating, etc.

* An ''Franchise/{{Anpanman}}'' theatrical short had a field full of mushrooms with a weird powder that affected emotions. There were four types: laughter, sadness, anger, and sneezing. Baikinman managed to harvest the mushrooms into a liquid squirt gun, that when used, made the victim randomly go through the symptoms.

* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' pays homage to ''Super Mario Bros.'' with various mushroom power-ups, most notably the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Magic Mushroom]], Mini Mush and [[OneUp 1up!]], all three in their colorful ''Mario'' glory. There exist also four other mushroom items: two Odd Mushrooms, a Blue Cap and God's Flesh. By picking up three of any of these seven items, Isaac can also trigger a special transformation into Fun Guy, which increases your max health and transforms you into a soulless version of Toad.
** 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 [[MushroomSamba distorts the screen more and more on each use]]. You need to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMIkMYUyzug see it in action to believe it]].

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' has a sidequest where an old couple asks you to being them a mushroom. The catch being that there's two of them, the Laughing Fungus and the Healing Fungus. Bringing them the latter rewards you with a Mars Djinni. Show the Laughing Fungus to the fortuneteller at Naribwe, and he'll tell you where the next story event is, although [[[[GuideDangIt you still have to figure out how to get there]].

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' has a sidequest where an old couple asks you to being them a mushroom. The catch being that there's two of them, the Laughing Fungus and the Healing Fungus. Bringing them the latter rewards you with a Mars Djinni.