Questions about mushroom spawning

[Zero_]

Hey. I've got quite a few different mushrooms growing in the forest near my house and am wondering if there is any benefit to clearing out all the non-mushroom materials of the forest floor? Can mushrooms spawn in the place there is currently a piece of grass for example, or a reed, cat-tail, or something of that nature?

Poisonous mushrooms are useless to me, but if I harvest them/clear them out, is there a chance of other types of mushrooms growing in their place?

Overall I'd like some clarification as to the rules regarding mushroom spawning. Anything notable, please do not refrain to mention.

Edited August 3 by Zero_

[LadyWYT]

2 hours ago, Zero_ said:

Poisonous mushrooms are useless to me, but if I harvest them/clear them out, is there a chance of other types of mushrooms growing in their place?

At this time, no. The same type of mushroom will respawn nearby, if not on the exact same block, once it's harvested/destroyed. That's assuming that spawn conditions are met. So if it's a mushroom that grows on the sides of trees, you'll need a tree nearby for them to grow back. Likewise, ground mushrooms will need open ground area(dirt or grass) to grow back.

2 hours ago, Zero_ said:

Can mushrooms spawn in the place there is currently a piece of grass for example, or a reed, cat-tail, or something of that nature?

I think mushrooms that grow on the ground can overwrite grass, but not anything else. Cattails, reeds, rocks, sticks, and the like will prevent them from spawning.

2 hours ago, Zero_ said:

benefit to clearing out all the non-mushroom materials of the forest floor?

Aside from being able to find the mushrooms more easily and being less likely to be caught by surprise by a predator...not really. My usual strategy, should I find a good spot to harvest mushrooms, is to clear out the bushes near the ground mushrooms so I can get to them more easily without being chomped by a wolf or bear. For mushrooms that grow on trees, I take note of the tree they grew on, and then avoid cutting that particular tree down(as well as a tree or two nearby, if there are trees growing right next to the mushroom tree).

[Thorfinn]

If you are not averse to mods, Spear and Fang has updated JakeCool's Wild Farming mod, that, among other things, lets you farm mushrooms. Kind of a late game thing, IIRC, because if this is the mod I'm thinking of, it gives another reason to make aqua vitae. 

[StCatharines]

15 hours ago, Thorfinn said:

If you are not averse to mods, Spear and Fang has updated JakeCool's Wild Farming mod, that, among other things, lets you farm mushrooms. Kind of a late game thing, IIRC, because if this is the mod I'm thinking of, it gives another reason to make aqua vitae. 

It does indeed! That's a great mod, overall. I'm not currently using it, but I plan to on my next world.

[Zero_]

18 hours ago, LadyWYT said:

At this time, no. The same type of mushroom will respawn nearby, if not on the exact same block, once it's harvested/destroyed. That's assuming that spawn conditions are met. So if it's a mushroom that grows on the sides of trees, you'll need a tree nearby for them to grow back. Likewise, ground mushrooms will need open ground area(dirt or grass) to grow back.

In the wiki it describes some of the conditions for certain mushrooms to grow, most ground mushrooms growing under certain trees, others on trees. I thought to plant a forest in a zone which I felt gets sufficient rain, but which doesn't currently have any mushrooms, or another which does have mushrooms but currently only puffballs and field mushrooms. It seems like from your explanation that this endeavor will be to no end?

[LadyWYT]

39 minutes ago, Zero_ said:

It seems like from your explanation that this endeavor will be to no end?

Based on my own experience, I would assume that the endeavor is unlikely to produce the results that you're looking for, as I've not seen mushrooms grow outside of their original spawn points. I could be wrong though, and I expect that mushroom farming will be a mechanic that comes in a future update. If nothing else, you could always try to plant a forest and see if any mushrooms spawn. The worst case scenario is that no mushrooms spawn, and you have a new forest full of trees to cut down at your leisure.

[Thorfinn]

Never seen it happen, and when I do forestry, I use it more as a barrier -- one space apart that I can fit through, but bears cannot.

If planting trees that closely creates mushroom spawns, I've never seen it happen. The soil never becomes Forest Soil. Then again, I almost never play for more than one game year, so it might happen eventually...