The mushroom emoji serves classic fairy-tale realness: a bright red cap sprinkled with white spots atop a chunky beige stem, basically the poster child for Amanita muscaria. On Apple/iOS, it’s glossy with soft shading, a slightly three‑quarter angle, and clean polka dots that make it look plucked from a storybook—or the edge of a gnome’s front yard. It’s instantly recognizable as the “toadstool,” the same silhouette you’ve seen in Mario levels, cottagecore mood boards, and whimsical garden art. No face, just vibes: cute, bold, a little mischievous.
People drop it for foodie chats (umami bragging rights in risotto, pizza, ramen) and for foraging flexes after a damp morning woods walk. In meme-speak, it can hint at “shrooms” with a wink, stand in for psychedelic or “let’s get weird” energy, or joke about mind expansion without saying it out loud. Gamers use it for power-up moments; nature lovers for fairy-ring aesthetics; and the irony crowd to label something as low-key poisonous—aka “this idea is a toadstool, don’t bite.” It’s flirty when paired with a “fun guy” pun, moody when paired with forest emojis, and perfect for alt TikTok or goblincore captions. You’ll also see it in The Last of Us jokes about fungal takeovers or as a metaphor for “mushrooming” growth and hidden mycelium networks. Basically, it’s the internet’s quaint little portal to the woods, the arcade, and the weird corner of your explore page—all in one red cap.
Definition
A fungi or mushroom. Some mushrooms can be eaten, but others can be extremely poisonous to humans. Mushrooms grow in dark and damp locations, such as the forest floor. The Apple version emoji would make any Nintendo player proud as it is reminiscent of the power up mushroom in the Super Mario Bros. video games. Send a power up to a friend with this emoji!
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
694 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:mushroom:
Keywords
Mushroom, Fungi, Food, Fungus
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Plant Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Plant Symbols
Names & Annotations
MUSHROOM
Symbol Information
U+1F344 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-04B
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[キノコ]
KDDI
#741 きのこ 「kinoko」 U+EB37 SJIS-F3F8 JIS-7A7A
Softbank
[キノコ]
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🍄
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🍄
Decimal HTML Entity
🍄
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🍄
Hex Code Point(s)
1f344
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F344
Decimal Code Point(s)
127812
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8D 0x84
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8D 84
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 215 204
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF44
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf44
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57156
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F344
UTF-32 Hex
01F344
UTF-32 Dec
127812
Python Src
u"\U0001F344"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8d\x84"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF44"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
