Been in the beta since December, playing thru tons of times, usually after each patch. First time ever seeing this and wondering if there is any purpose (at least, within Beta) for it.
*edit* should mention, this is right after doing the adria's hut quest near the beginning.
It's a rare spawn in that location only. It's a reference to the Diablo 1 quest where Adria wants you to find a mushroom. The flavor text is Deckard Cain's line when you ask him about it.
I had found one quite a while ago. I kind of freaked out when I got it and thought I could use it for something. Now it just sits in my inventory being a usless mushroom that takes up space. I just can't bring myself to delete it >.<
*edit* should mention, this is right after doing the adria's hut quest near the beginning.
http://www.diablowiki.com/Black_Mushroom_(Diablo_I_Quest)
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I would actually just keep restarting the game to get that quest over and over. Especially useful when playing The Hell mod.
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