The Mycelarium mushroom mutation list is the set of specialised mushrooms you unlock as you progress, and each one does a specific job for the colony: some produce food, some launch spores, some protect what you have built, and some work on the trees above you. In the demo they are named in the upgrade tree, which is also how you buy them.
Mycelarium mushroom mutation list: the mushrooms
| Mushroom | What it does | Unlocked with |
|---|---|---|
| Spore Mushroom | Supplies the wind-carried spores | Spore Mushroom node |
| Predator Mushroom | Produces food | Predator Mushroom (3 points) |
| Tree Mushroom | Works on trees | From Predator Mushroom |
| Repeller Mushroom | Fights the hedgehog | From Spore Mushroom |
| Fly Mushroom | Small food source | Number 2 in the mushroom picker |
| Root Mushroom | Fires hyphae out of one spot | Available in the demo |
A few details worth knowing before you spend points on them:
- Predator and other carnivorous mushrooms produce food, but they cost food to place. A Predator Mushroom set down for 20 food was reported to produce 25.
- The Fly Mushroom is a small food source and is described as too fragile to keep a predator away, so it is not a substitute for the Repeller.
- The Repeller Mushroom was unlocked in Demo 2.0, the same update that added new visuals, a save system and a balance tweak. What it does in detail is in the Repeller Mushroom.
- The full game is planned to hold 10+ mushrooms, both to produce and to protect.
The enzymes that work on trees
The ENZYMES branch is the other half of the mutation set, and it is what lets the colony take nutrients in rather than only make them:
- Absorption → Absorption Speed and Absorption Yield.
- Absorption Yield → Parasitism → Parasitism Speed and Parasitism Yield.
- Symbiosis sits alongside Absorption.
Absorption and Parasitism are what turn a tree into a food source. The full path is in how to parasitize trees.
What the demo does not have yet
The demo is a subset. The full release adds 10+ mushrooms, more animals on the ground and underground, and different levels of soil, and the developer has said some of what players asked about in the demo is already in the full version. If you are deciding whether a missing mushroom is worth waiting for, the answer is that the demo's list is not the final list.