Fungal Wood

Wood cut from giant mushrooms

Huge mushrooms supply Fungal Wood, a resource that works in any recipe calling for regular Wood. It arrived with Aberration and exists in both ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended; the ARK Wiki also lists it on Fjordur, Lost Island, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Genesis: Part 1 and Genesis: Part 2, and says Corrupted Wood takes its place on Extinction. The in-game text: "A thick, sturdy cutting from a huge mushroom. Has all of the properties of a chunk of wood!"

Harvesting it

Large mushrooms give Fungal Wood when struck with tools, by creatures or even with bare hands, and the wiki names the Chainsaw as the most efficient choice. Our records list the Giganotosaurus as a gatherer, and the wiki notes that in the Bog Biome of Genesis: Part 1 both the Giganotosaurus and the Carcharodontosaurus can farm it.

A piece weighs 0.5 and stacks to 100, so a full stack weighs 50.

Recipes that name Fungal Wood

Besides standing in for Wood in items like the Spear, Torch and Stone Pick or in wooden and stone structures, Fungal Wood is named directly in some recipes: our records count 9 in ASE and 2 in ASA. Both games use it for the Mek Backpack (200) and the Fish Basket (60). The ASE list also includes the Stone Cliff Platform (800), Karkinos Saddle (200), Ravager Saddle (110), Portable Rope Ladder (15), Shag Rug (10), Zip-Line Anchor (8) and Climbing Pick (2). The wiki calls it a very valuable resource on Aberration, given its many uses and the large amounts that crafting requires.