Mushrooms

Most mushrooms you run into are friendly, or at least have a chance of giving you rarer items in the game. Keep in mind, though, your time with them is limited. If you wait too long to interact with them, do nothing, or attack the White Mushrooms, they will disappear. When you find these unusual creatures, pause your current quest and take advantage of the reward mushrooms have to offer.

White Mushrooms

White Mushrooms like to play charades. They won’t harm you, and will go away if you attack them or ignore them, but if you play with them the correct way, they can give you valuable items. White Mushrooms will act out what spell they want you to cast on them. If you cast the correct spell, the White Mushroom claps its hands and continues; the wrong spell sends the creature scurrying away. Cast the same spell correctly three times in a row and you earn an award according to the “White Mushroom Rewards” table.

The first time you play with the White Mushrooms successfully, they reward you with the Arts items: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Cure, Gravity, Stop, and Aero. Collect all seven and return to Merlin in the Magician’s Study. The wizard will hand you Goofy’s Dream Shield. Even after you collect all the Arts items, you can still play with the White Mushrooms for a chance at special gems and Mystery Goo.

MUSHROOM CHARADES

WHITE MUSHROOM LOCATIONS

WHITE MUSHROOM REWARDS

Black Fungus

Where White Mushrooms are friendly, Black Fungi are deadly. These opponents release a poisonous cloud that deals significant damage and when they turn a light gray color, they become invulnerable for a short time.

Black Fungus can very rarely drop a Mystery Mold. Before hunting for this item, make sure your whole party is equipped with the Lucky Strike ability to increase your drop percentages. If you destroy a Black Fungus with a critical hit, it has a 50 percent chance of dropping the mold. Unfortunately, it doesn’t drop for any Black Fungus in the Coliseum, but if you get one to drop, you can sell it for a tremendous amount of munny.

BLACK FUNGUS LOCATIONS

Rare Truffles

Rare Truffles are like White Mushrooms: They want to play a game. This time it involves keeping the Rare Truffle aloft. When a Rare Truffle is on the ground, strike it to bounce it into the air, jump after it, and strike it again to keep it aloft. It takes some practice to strike the creatures just the right way (almost straight up) to keep them floating in the air. To be really fancy, cast Aero and bounce the Truffles off the top of your air shield; you will have to recast the spell often to maintain the creatures in the air. If you can “juggle” the Rare Truffles long enough, they will drop items. See the “Rare Truffle Rewards” table for the items you can earn.

RARE TRUFFLES LOCATIONS

RARE TRUFFLES REWARDS

Pink Agaricus

Pink Agaricus are the most difficult mushrooms to discover. To find a Pink Agaricus, look for three White Mushrooms all doing the Stop gesture. Some likely locales include the Camp in the Deep Jungle and the Undersea Cave in Atlantica. Each White Mushroom disappears after using Stop once, and when the third White Mushroom disappears, the Pink Agaricus arrives. Cast your Stop spell on the Pink Agaricus and then deal as many hits as you can before Stop wears off. Equipping yourself with Aeroga and Ragnarok is important for scoring more hits. Rewards are based on how many hits you get on the Pink Agaricus before it disappears. See the “Opponents” chapter for more details.