Common Mushroom
| Common Mushroom | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Forage |
| Location | Foraging; Fall Seeds; The Farm Cave; Mushroom Log |
| Season | Spring (Secret Woods); Summer (Forest Farm); Fall (Stardew Valley; Secret Woods; Forest Farm); All (Dangerous Mines; Ginger Island mushroom cave) |
| Sell Price | 40g |
| Energy | 38 |
| Health | 17 |
The Common Mushroom is the everyday mushroom of the valley. It grows wild in Fall almost everywhere, appears in the Secret Woods in Spring and fills most of the boxes in a mushroom cave. It sells for little, but it turns up in a surprising number of places. It is needed for the Fall Foraging Bundle and for Wild Seeds (Fa). It also goes into three cooked dishes, Fried Mushroom, Stir Fry and Tom Kha Soup. Because it is so easy to stockpile, it is the mushroom most farmers always have on hand.
The in-game description reads: Slightly nutty, with good texture.
Location
In Fall, Common Mushrooms spawn across the valley with the other seasonal forage. Cindersap Forest is the best place to look. The Secret Woods, the Mountain and the Backwoods also produce them.
Outside Fall, the Secret Woods is the main wild source. Common Mushrooms grow there in Spring as well. The Forest Farm map adds them to the farm's own forage in Summer and Fall.
The Farm Cave gives the steadiest supply. Choosing mushrooms when Demetrius makes his offer fills the cave with mushroom boxes. Most of what those boxes grow is Common Mushrooms, and they grow in every season.
Other sources add to the pile. A Mushroom Log grows them. A Tapper on a Mushroom Tree yields Common, Red or Purple Mushrooms over time. On Ginger Island, the Mushroom Cave near the Dig Site grows them too.
Common Mushrooms can also be grown from Fall Seeds. Crafting Wild Seeds (Fa) unlocks at Foraging level 6. A Seed Maker turns one Common Mushroom into a few Fall Seeds as well.
Prices
A raw Common Mushroom sells for a small amount. With so many sources, the low price adds up for a farmer with a mushroom cave.
A Preserves Jar turns a Common Mushroom into pickles, which more than triples its value. For a cave that fills a chest each week, pickling is the easiest way to turn the surplus into money.
Uses
Placing a Common Mushroom in the Fall Foraging Bundle helps to finish the Crafts Room. Blackberry, Hazelnut and Wild Plum share that bundle.
Crafting a Common Mushroom with a Blackberry, a Hazelnut and a Wild Plum makes a pack of Wild Seeds (Fa).
Cooking a Common Mushroom with a Morel and Oil makes Fried Mushroom. Demetrius sends the recipe after three hearts of friendship. The dish gives a short boost to Attack.
Cooking a Common Mushroom with a Cave Carrot, Kale and Oil makes Stir Fry. The Queen of Sauce teaches it early in the first Spring. It restores a large amount of energy and health.
Cooking a Common Mushroom with a Coconut and a Shrimp makes Tom Kha Soup. Sandy mails the recipe once her friendship is high. The soup raises Farming and maximum energy for a while.
The Help Wanted board outside Pierre's General Store sometimes asks for a Common Mushroom in Fall. Fish Ponds holding Bullhead, Largemouth Bass or Woodskip may also ask for a few to grow their population.
In tailoring, a Common Mushroom in the Sewing Machine makes a shirt. It works as an orange dye in the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house.
Cooking Common Mushroom with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.
| Dish | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Fried Mushroom | 
|
Common Mushroom (1), Morel (1), Oil (1) |
| Stir Fry | 
|
Cave Carrot (1), Common Mushroom (1), Kale (1), Oil (1) |
| Tom Kha Soup | 
|
Coconut (1), Shrimp (1), Common Mushroom (1) |
The Community Center asks for Common Mushroom in these bundles.
| Bundle | Room | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Fall Foraging Bundle | Crafts Room | 1 |
Gifts
Harvey, Leah and Linus like Common Mushrooms.
Caroline, the Dwarf, Elliott, Haley, Jas, Jodi, Krobus, Leo, Maru, Pierre, Sam, Sebastian, Shane, Vincent, Willy and the Wizard dislike them.
Harvey, Leah and Linus are all easy to please with forage. A spare mushroom from the cave is a free way to keep their friendship growing.
Notes
Keep a small stack of Common Mushrooms in a chest. Recipes, bundles, Wild Seeds and Fish Pond requests all draw on it, and running short in Spring or Summer means a trip to the Secret Woods.
All Foraging
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Season | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackberry | 
|
Fall | - |
| Cave Carrot | 
|
All | 25g |
| Chanterelle | 
|
Fall | 160g |
| Coconut | 
|
All | 100g |
| Common Mushroom | 
|
Spring (Secret Woods); Summer (Forest Farm); Fall (Stardew Valley; Secret Woods; Forest Farm); All (Dangerous Mines; Ginger Island mushroom cave) | 40g |
| Coral | 
|
All | 80g |
| Crocus | 
|
Winter | - |
| Crystal Fruit | 
|
Winter | 150g |
| Daffodil | 
|
Spring | 30g |
| Dandelion | 
|
Spring | 40g |
| Fiddlehead Fern | 
|
Summer; All on Ginger Island Jungle, Skull Cavern and Dangerous Mines | - |
| Ginger | 
|
All | 60g |
| Grass | 
|
Spring; Summer; Fall | - |
| Hazelnut | 
|
Fall | 90g |
| Holly | 
|
Winter | 80g |
| Leek | 
|
Spring | 60g |
| Magma Cap | 
|
- | 400g |
| Morel | 
|
Spring | 150g |
| Nautilus Shell | 
|
All (Beach Farm; Dangerous Mines); Winter (The Beach) | 120g |
| Purple Mushroom | 
|
All | 250g |
| Rainbow Shell | 
|
All (Beach Farm; Dangerous Mines); Summer (The Beach) | 300g |
| Red Mushroom | 
|
Summer (Secret Woods); Fall (Secret Woods; Forest Farm); All (other) | 75g |
| Salmonberry | 
|
15-18 Spring (bushes); All (the Farm Cave) | - |
| Sap | 
|
- | 2g |
| Sea Urchin | 
|
All | 160g |
| Seaweed | 
|
All | 20g |
| Snow Yam | 
|
Winter | 100g |
| Spice Berry | 
|
Summer; All (The Farm Cave) | 80g |
| Spring Onion | 
|
Spring | - |
| Sweet Pea | 
|
Summer | - |
| Truffle | 
|
Spring; Summer; Fall | 625g |
| Weeds | 
|
Spring; Summer; Fall | - |
| Wild Horseradish | 
|
Spring | 50g |
| Wild Plum | 
|
Fall | 80g |
| Winter Root | 
|
Winter | 70g |