Red Mushroom
| Red Mushroom | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Forage |
| Location | Foraging; The Farm Cave; Mushroom Tree; Mushroom Log |
| Season | Summer (Secret Woods); Fall (Secret Woods; Forest Farm); All (other) |
| Sell Price | 75g |
The Red Mushroom is a spotted mushroom found in The Mines, the Secret Woods and the farm's mushroom cave. It looks tempting, but it is poisonous: eating it drains energy instead of restoring it. Almost every villager hates it as a gift. Even so, it is worth collecting. It is needed for the Dye Bundle and is one of the four ingredients of Life Elixir, a potion that restores health to full. The Exotic Foraging Bundle also accepts it.
The in-game description reads: A spotted mushroom sometimes found in caves.
Location
In The Mines, Red Mushrooms grow on the special mushroom floors below floor 80. They share those floors with the rarer Purple Mushroom.
In the Secret Woods, Red Mushrooms appear in Summer, and less often in Fall. Summer is the better season to look. The woods open once the farmer has a Steel Axe to break the Large Log in the northwest of Cindersap Forest.
On the Forest Farm, Red Mushrooms can spawn on the farm itself in Fall.
The farm offers several steadier sources. Choosing mushrooms for the Farm Cave makes Red Mushrooms its second most common result after the Common Mushroom. Mushroom Trees that appear on the farm in Fall drop Red Mushrooms when chopped down. Putting a Tapper on a Mushroom Tree yields Common, Red or Purple Mushrooms over time. A Mushroom Log grows them too.
On Ginger Island, the Mushroom Cave near the Dig Site also produces Red Mushrooms. Now and then, one turns up in a Garbage Can in town.
Prices
A Red Mushroom sells for a small price, and the price rises with quality. It is not worth much in the shipping bin, so most farmers keep a few for their uses and sell the rest.
Uses
The Dye Bundle on the Bulletin Board in the Community Center needs a Red Mushroom. The Sea Urchin from the Beach goes into the same bundle.
The Exotic Foraging Bundle in the Crafts Room accepts a Red Mushroom as one of its options.
Cooking a Red Mushroom with a Purple Mushroom, a Morel and a Chanterelle makes Life Elixir. The recipe unlocks at Combat level 2. Life Elixir restores health to full, which makes it a strong emergency item in The Mines and Skull Cavern.
The Help Wanted board outside Pierre's General Store sometimes asks for a Red Mushroom.
In tailoring, a Red Mushroom in the Sewing Machine makes the Spotted Headscarf. The red pot among the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house takes a Red Mushroom.
Crafting Red Mushroom with the other materials below makes these items.
| Item | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Life Elixir | 
|
Red Mushroom (1), Purple Mushroom (1), Morel (1), Chanterelle (1) |
Gifts
Penny dislikes Red Mushrooms.
Abigail, Alex, Caroline, Clint, Demetrius, the Dwarf, Elliott, Emily, Evelyn, George, Gus, Haley, Harvey, Jas, Jodi, Kent, Krobus, Leah, Leo, Lewis, Linus, Marnie, Maru, Pam, Pierre, Robin, Sam, Sandy, Sebastian, Shane, Vincent, Willy and the Wizard hate them.
Never give a Red Mushroom as a gift. Only a Help Wanted request turns it into a welcome delivery.
Notes
Never eat a Red Mushroom on a mining trip. It costs a large amount of energy, and a higher quality mushroom costs even more.
Never add one to the soup at the Luau either. The Governor calls the soup vile, and every villager's friendship with the farmer drops by a large amount.
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 |