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Growing fourth generation mushrooms

The gloomy black mushroom can also be produced in the mushroom plot, although the process for doing so is complicated by the involvement of moon phases in the breeding. The oily golden mushroom is obtained by exchanging a gloomy black mushroom outside the plot, so the essential strategy in this section is the production of the gloomy black mushrooms in a timely and efficient manner.

The first consideration is when planting should begin. The adult frozen mushroom(s) and spooky mushroom(s) must be in place on the first moxie day. The breeding of the gloomy black mushroom spore will only occur at rollover on that day, generating the new spore when the moons both turn dark.

Since one of the adult mushrooms involved in the breeding is a third-generation mushroom, which takes six days to reach maturity, planting must begin no later than the day immediately after the second muscle day (the first day when Grimace is waning gibbous). The maximum number of gloomy black mushrooms which can be produced by starting on this day is six. If planting begins two days earlier (on the first muscle day), a maximum of eight mushrooms can be produced.

This is the basic "quick" set-up for producing 6 gloomy black mushrooms in the shortest time possible:

Day 1
Plant		Notes
[[File:.gif|]] [[File:border: 1px dashed blue.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:border: 1px dashed blue.gif|]] [[File:border: 1px dashed blue.gif|]] [[File:border: 1px dashed blue.gif|]] [[File:border: 1px dashed blue.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]]		Begin as you normally would for breeding third-generation mushrooms. The blue squares may be filled in with additional first-generation spores to harvest the next day. On day 2, pick any extra mushrooms you planted in the blue squares.
Day 3
Plant		Notes
[[File:border: 1px dashed blue.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:border: 1px dashed blue.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:border: 1px dashed blue.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:border: 1px dashed blue.gif|]]		Second generation spores have been produced, as shown in the diagram. You may optionally plant more first-generation spores in the blue squares, to harvest the next day. (You may also do nothing on this day.)
Day 4
Plant		Notes
[[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:border: 1px dashed red.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]]		Second generation mushrooms are now mature. Remove the two center mushrooms as indicated by the red squares.
Day 5
Start		Plant		Notes
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Day 6
Start		Plant		Notes
[[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:border: 1px dashed red.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:border: 1px dashed red.gif|]]		[[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:border: 1px dashed blue.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]]		Third generation mushrooms have matured. Harvest the extraneous mushrooms (indicated by the red boxes). You may optionally plant first generation spores in the blue boxes, to harvest the next day. The spooky/frozen configuration is stable; you may leave it as long as necessary, waiting for the right moon phase.
Day 7
Spores		Notes
[[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]] [[File:.gif|]]		Assuming the moon phase is correct, six gloomy black mushroom spores are now in place. They will mature on day 8.

It is possible to produce up to eight gloomy black mushrooms per 16-day moon cycle. However, this requires a more complex strategy, and a minimum of two additional days' lead time.

	Mushroom Fields Strategy
1st Generation Mushrooms: Knoll mushroom | Knob mushroom | spooky mushroom 2nd Generation Mushrooms: warm mushroom | cool mushroom | pointy mushroom 3rd Generation Mushrooms: flaming mushroom | frozen mushroom | stinky mushroom 4th Generation Mushrooms: gloomy black mushroom | oily golden mushroom