Mushroom Picking

The "Mushroom Picking" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.

Mushroom Picking

Planet event

A routine ecological study of our colony on … has stumbled upon a strange fungal lifeform. The science team reports that the surface of the mycelium is shimmering and colorful, but what was most intriguing to them was the fact that separate clusters were seemingly communicating with one another whenever something occurred within a wide radius. Furthermore, the biology of the organism appears to be clearly alien to the ecosystem of the colony. Puzzled, the local science team has requested specialized support as we might be dealing with a sentient species.

The command below will trigger the "Mushroom Picking" event in Stellaris:

Player choices

When this event fires, you can choose between these 3 options:

Dispose of them.
- Influence: +None to None
- +1000 Food
Take a closer look
... They are related to the Fumongus!

Event chain

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Mushroom Picking (colony.2060) connects.

Can lead to

The Spores Have Earscolony.2065
Spore Connectioncolony.2080

Firing conditions

Show raw conditions

habitable_planet = yes
NOR = {
  has_global_flag = fumongus_colony
  has_planet_flag = colony_event
  owner = { is_wilderness_empire = yes }
  is_planet_class = pc_volcanic
}