Brain fungus (Fallout 4)

Fallout 4 consumable
Brain fungus
Effects	+10 Hit Points +3 Radiation
Weight	0.1
Value	6
Crafting information
Compon. of	Mentats
Technical
Form ID	001C0FC2

 

Brain fungus is a consumable item featured in Fallout 4.

Characteristics

An edible mushroom, which absorbed a portion of radiation. Used in the recipe for Mentats.

Locations

• 35 can be found in the mole rat den beneath Red Rocket truck stop, and 1 more can be found by the entrance.
• One can be found in the ranger cabin.
• Three can be found on the walls inside the Lonely Chapel.
• One can be found outside of Vault 81.
• Two can be found in the Collegiate administration building.
• In The Castle tunnels.
• A few can be found inside Skylanes Flight 1981.
• A few can be found in one of the shacks in Sunshine Tidings co-op
• The Taffington boathouse has some sources both inside and outside.

Behind the scenes

The appearance of the brain fungus is based off the mushroom species Gyromitra esculenta.

Consumables in Fallout 4 Chems Addictol · Antibiotics · Agile sludgepak · Buffout (Buffjet, Bufftats) · Calmex (Calmex Silk) · Daddy-O · Day Tripper · Durable sludgepak · Fury · Herbal anodyne · Herbal stimulant ·Herbal antimicrobial · Jet (Jet Fuel, Ultra jet) · Med-X · Mentats (Grape Mentats, Berry Mentats, Orange Mentats) · Mysterious serum · Overdrive · Psycho (Psycho jet, Psychobuff, Psychotats) · Rad-X · Smooth Operator · Stimpak · Vault 81 cure · X-cell · X-111 compound Drinks Beer · Bobrov's Best moonshine · Bourbon · Deezer's Lemonade · Dirty Wastelander · Dirty water · Drugged water · Fire Belly · Gwinnett ale, brew, lager, pale, pilsner, stout · Ice cold Vim (Ice cold Vim Captain's Blend, Ice cold Vim Quartz, Ice cold Vim Refresh) · Institute bottled water · Nuka-Cola (Newka-Cola, Nuka-Berry, Nuka-Bombdrop, Nuka-Buzz, Nuka-Cherry, Nuka-Cide, Nuka-Cola Dark, Nuka-Cola Orange, Nuka-Cola Quantum, Nuka-Cola Quartz, Nuka-Cola Victory, Nuka-Cola Wild, Nuka-Cooler, Nuka-Fancy, Nuka-Free, Nuka-Frutti, Nuka-Grape, Nuka-Hearty, Nuka-Lixir, Nuka-Love, Nuka-Power, Nuka-Punch, Nuka-Ray, Nuka-Rush, Nuka-Sunrise, Nuka-Twin, Nuka-Void, Nuka-Xtreme) · Purified water · Refreshing beverage · Resilient sludge cocktail · Rum · Strong sludge cocktail · Vim (Vim Captain's Blend, Vim Quartz, Vim Refresh) · Vodka · Ware's brew · Whiskey · Wine (Poisoned wine) Edibles Angler meat · Ant meat · Angler stalk  · Ash blossom · Aster · Baked bloatfly · Black bloodleaf · Blamco Brand Mac and Cheese · Blight · Bloatfly meat · Bloodbug meat · Bloodbug steak · Bloodleaf · Bloodworm meat · Brahmin meat · Brain fungus · Bubblegum · Canned dog food · Canned meat · Carrot · Carrot flower · Cat meat · Cave cricket gland · Cave cricket meat · Cave fungus · Chicken noodle soup · Chicken thigh · Cooked softshell meat · Corn · Cotton candy bites · Cram · Crispy cave cricket · Crispy squirrel bits · Dandy Boy Apples · Deathclaw egg · Deathclaw omelette · Deathclaw meat · Deathclaw steak · Deathclaw Wellingham · Experiment NRT-0001 · Fancy Lads Snack Cakes · Fever blossom · Food paste · Fresh carrot · Fresh corn · Fresh melon · Fresh mutfruit · Fried fog crawler · Funnel cake · Gatorclaw meat · Gatorclaw steak · Gazelle meat · Gazelle steak · Ghoulrilla meat · Glowing fungus · Gourd · Gourd blossom · Grilled Nukalurk · Grilled queen Nukalurk · Grilled radroach · Grilled radstag · Grilled hermit crab · Gulper innards · Gulper slurry · Gum drops · Hermit crab meat · Hubflower · Iguana bits · Iguana on a stick · InstaMash (Preserved InstaMash) · Institute food packet · Melon · Melon blossom · Mirelurk cake · Mirelurk egg · Mirelurk egg omelette · Mirelurk jerky · Mirelurk meat · Mirelurk queen steak · Moldy food · Mole rat chunks · Mole rat meat · Mongrel dog meat · Mutant hound chops · Mutant hound meat · Mutated fern flower · Mutfruit · Mutt chops · Mystery bacon · Mystery jerky · Noodle cup · Nukalurk meat · Perfectly preserved pie · Poached angler · Pork n' Beans · Potato Crisps · Potted meat · Queen mirelurk meat · Queen Nukalurk meat · Rabbit leg · Rad-rat meat · Rad-rat steak · Radroach meat · Radscorpion egg  · Radscorpion egg omelette · Radscorpion meat · Radscorpion steak · Radstag meat · Radstag stew · Raw fog crawler meat · Raw sap · Razorgrain · Ribeye steak · Roasted ant · Roasted bloodworm · Roasted mirelurk meat · Salisbury Steak · Seasoned rabbit skewers · Silt bean · Slocum's BuzzBites · Softshell mirelurk meat · Squirrel bits · Squirrel on a stick · Squirrel stew · Stingwing filet · Stingwing meat · Sugar Bombs · Sweet roll · Tarberry · Tato · Tato flower · The Captain's Feast · Thistle · Wild corn · Wild mutfruit · Wild tarberry · Wolf meat · Wolf ribs · Yao guai meat · Yao guai ribs · Yao guai roast · Yum Yum Deviled Eggs Miscellaneous Blood pack (Glowing blood pack, Irradiated blood) · RadAway · Robot repair kit · Stealth Boy (Railroad Stealth Boy) Italics denote consumables available through add-ons.