How to grow big mushrooms in minecraft?

Growing giant mushrooms in Minecraft is actually pretty straightforward once you know the mechanics! Here's what you need:

You'll need bone meal and either red or brown mushrooms. Find them in dark forest biomes, mushroom fields, or sometimes in caves. To grow them huge, you need the right space - at least 7 blocks tall clearance and a 7x7 area for the cap to spread.

Place your mushroom on dirt, grass, podzol, or mycelium (mycelium works best). Use bone meal on it repeatedly - sometimes it takes several tries. The environment needs to have light level 12 or less, unless you're on mycelium where light doesn't matter!

Pro tip: Podzol and mycelium allow mushrooms to stay planted at any light level, making indoor farms much easier. Giant brown mushrooms give more drops than red ones when broken.

The Minecraft Wiki has a great mushroom farming guide with all the technical details!

Hey fellow miner! I've built massive mushroom farms in my survival worlds, and here's my approach:

First, location matters - if you're not using mycelium, you need a dark space. I usually dig out a room underground or build a dedicated dark building. Use podzol if you can get it from mega taiga biomes - it's game changing for mushroom farming.

When applying bone meal, sometimes the mushroom grows giant immediately, other times it takes 2-5 applications. If it doesn't work, you might not have enough vertical space. Brown mushrooms grow taller than red ones, so plan accordingly.

Harvesting tip: Use an axe with Silk Touch to get the whole mushroom blocks for building, or just break with anything to get lots of little mushrooms. The big brown ones are awesome for decorative builds too!

As someone who's been playing Minecraft since beta, mushroom farming has changed a lot over the years! Here's the current method that works like a charm:

1. Get mycelium from mushroom island biomes - this is your best friend for mushroom farming
2. Create a farming room with mycelium floor - no light restrictions!
3. Space mushrooms at least 2 blocks apart
4. Spam bone meal until they pop into giant form

The brown mushrooms yield 10-20 regular mushrooms when broken, while red ones yield 5-10. If you're early game and can't find mycelium yet, you'll need to work in complete darkness (light level 12 or below).

For automated farms, you can use pistons to break the giant mushrooms once grown. It's one of the most satisfying farms to build once you get it working!