The Talking Mushroom is an item that is used for the Recipe for Disaster quest. If you take it around the world, it will talk to you through the chat, mostly in the Sky Islands.
Talking Mushroom: "WAIT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY FALLING FOR THIS STUFF? SERIOUSLY?! IT'S CLEARLY JUST A BUNCH OF SEEDS PAINTED GOLD, ARE YOU QUITE LITERALLY BLIND?"
Talking Mushroom: "...AND I THOUGHT SOME OF YOUR PREVIOUS LOONEY ADVENTURES HAD INDICATED YOU WERE A BUMBLING IDIOT, BUT YOU'VE REALLY OUTDONE YOURSELF... WHERE EVEN ARE WE?!"
Talking Mushroom: "KNOWING YOUR ADVENTURING TRACK RECORD, IT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT'S BEST TO AVOID THIS PLACE, UNLESS YOU'RE HERE LOOKING FOR SOME DUMB SECRET THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT."
Talking Mushroom: "DO I HAVE ANY SECRETS YOU ASK? WELL THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS TO HIDE AND LOCK AWAY YOUR SECRETS AND TO NEVER TELL THEM TO ANYONE. YOU DON'T COUNT AS ANYONE, YOU'RE TOO DUMB FOR THAT."
Talking Mushroom: "ON A SIDE NOTE, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING... WHAT COMPELS YOU TO BE AN ADVENTURER AND EXPLORE THE WORLD? FIRST YOU BRING ME HERE, BUT WHAT NEXT? THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE?!"
Talking Mushroom: "ISN'T THIS JUST ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. A HUMAN?! WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED."
Talking Mushroom: "YOU'RE THE SEVENTH ONE PASSING ME TODAY AND YOU'RE NO DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS."
Talking Mushroom: "EVERY SINGLE ONE WITH THAT DOPEY SHEEPISH LOOK ON THEIR FACE, AS IF A TALKING MUSHROOM IS OUT OF THE BLUE."
Talking Mushroom: "GIVE ME A BREAK, I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF JERKS PICKING ME UP AND DISRESPECTING ME LIKE THAT. PRIVATE SPACE, EVER HEARD OF IT?"
Talking Mushroom: "WHY DO I EVEN TRY. JUST LOOK AT YOU! THE EPITOME OF CLUELESS. WHAT NOW, GONNA TAKE ME ON SOME LOONEY ADVENTURE ACROSS THE SKY ISLANDS?"
Talking Mushroom: "I HOPE NOT, IF YOU WERE THINKING THAT. I'VE ALREADY LOST A STEM TODAY BECAUSE SOME DIMWIT TRIED TAKING A BITE OUT OF ME... LIVE!"
Confused, you pick up the mushroom to examine it. What even is this thing?
Talking Mushroom: "DON'T TELL ME, ARE YOU TAKING ME ON SOME LOONEY ADVENTURE ACROSS THE SKY ISLANDS? HOW LOVELY."
Talking Mushroom: "A KITCHEN YOU SAY, WELL, IF IT'LL PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THEN WHY NOT."
Talking Mushroom: "WAIT, WHY ARE YOU STUFFING ME INTO YOUR BAG? HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BREATHE IN HERE?!"
Without dwelling on it too much, you take the talking mushroom and put it in your satchel.
Talking Mushroom: "WOW. NOW THAT IS A BIG GUY. IT LOOKS ANCIENT! I WONDER WHO COULD'VE BUILT SOMETHING LIKE THIS..."
Talking Mushroom: "WHAT? NO, I'M NOT ALWAYS AGAINST YOU, JEEZ. GIVE ME A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE THE FINER MOMENTS IN LIFE! ACTUALLY, NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT..."
Talking Mushroom: "HEY, WOULD YOU MIND LEAVING ME HERE, AND GOING TO INVESTIGATE THOSE... CONVENIENTLY PLACED PITS?? MAYBE IF I'M LUCKY, YOU'LL FALL IN AND I'LL FINALLY BE FREE!!!"
Talking Mushroom: "YOU JUST SNUCK THROUGH THE MOST SECURE AND GUARDED PART OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PRISON IN THE BLOODY WORLD, AND... AND MADE IT OUT WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING YOU."
Talking Mushroom: "... FOR ONCE, YOU'VE ACTUALLY MANAGED TO IMPRESS ME, HUMAN! NOW, PLEASE, GET US THE HELL OUT OF THIS SLAUGHTERHOUSE FOR GOOD!"
Talking Mushroom: "ARGH, I'M CURSED, I SWEAR IT! EVEN THE SWEET RELEASE OF DEATH HASN'T GOTTEN ME AWAY FROM YOU! YOU'RE LIKE A COCKROACH!"
Talking Mushroom: "WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET ME AWAY FROM YOU? HEY, DEATH! CAN I LIVE IN A POT HERE OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN BEING WITH THIS JERK?!"
Death: "AS IT WERE, YOU ARE STILL LIVING, AND LIVING MATTER HERE TENDS TO SHRIVEL RATHER QUICKLY. I THINK YOU WILL BE STUCK WITH THEM FOR A RATHER LONG TIME."
Talking Mushroom: "HEY HEY HEY, WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING? THERE'S A BOUNTY ON MY HEAD HERE SINCE... THE INCIDENT... CAN YOU JUST AVOID THIS PLACE LIKE YOU AVOID MY ADVICE?"
Talking Mushroom: OH. OH, I DON'T- I DON'T LIKE THIS PLACE. AT ALL. WH-WHERE ARE WE??
Talking Mushroom: I FEEL... I DON'T FEEL GREAT... WHY ARE WE HERE? WHY ARE WE ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE?
Talking Mushroom: WHAT EVEN IS THERE TO SEE DOWN HERE?? JUST- JUST, ROCKS A-AND STUFF. I... I HOPE THAT'S ALL THERE IS, DOWN HERE...
In the camp at (1335, -2575)
Talking Mushroom: WOAH, WAIT. WHERE ARE WE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HE-
Talking Mushroom: WAIT, STOP, DON'T TAKE THAT! IT'S- IT'S PROBABLY WORTHLESS!! NOTHING WORTH P-PICKING UP! I'M SURE YOU W-WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO USE IT, Y-YOU IDIOT!!!
Talking Mushroom: "Y-YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS. SURELY. HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS PLACE?! I KNEW I LOST THAT KEY BUT TO THINK YOU WOULD FIND IT. CONFUSED? LET ME EXPLAIN IN A WAY YOU'D UNDERSTAND."
Talking Mushroom: "A LONG TIME AGO. I WAS A SACK OF USELESS MEAT USED FOR EXPERIMENTS BY ARIODO. AS PROBABLY HAVE YOU GUESSED. I WASN'T VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. YOU MAY BE ANNOYING, BUT OUR LITTLE FRIEND ARIODO OVER HERE REALLY TAKES THE CAKE. HE'S NOT WHAT HE SEEMS."
Talking Mushroom: "YOU MAY THINK I'M OUT OF MY MIND. BUT HEAR ME OUT. ARIODO IS AMONG THE WORST OF THE WORST HE HAS TESTED ON MANY MORE THINGS, INCLUDING OTHER VILLAGERS, AS WELL AS WILDLIFE, CREATING BIZARRE ABOMINATIONS TO NATURE, ME INCLUDED."
Talking Mushroom: "ONE DAY, HE RUSHED INTO MY QUARTERS AND EXCLAIMED HE HAD MAID NEW MACHINE, CAPABLE OF DOING AMAZING THINGS. A MIND SWITCH BETWEEN SOMETHING SENTIENT AND SOMETHING NOT. BEING OFFERED MORE MONEY THEN I COULD EVER NEED IN MY LIFE, I AGREED. IN THE MOMENT I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT."
Talking Mushroom: "THE EXPERIMENT WAS A SOMEWHAT SUCCESS. I WAS NOW IN THE VESSEL OF A MUSHROOM AND MY FORMER BODY WAS NOW JUST AN EMPTY SHELL. I DEMANDED TO BE SWITCHED BACK IMMEDIATELY BUT WAS REFUSED. THE MACHINE HAD SEEMINGLY BROKEN IN THE PROCESS. IN A FIT OF RAGE, I STORMED OFF AND LOST MY WAY, ENDING UP IN THE SKY ISLANDS OF ALL PLACES. NOW HERE WE ARE NOW. LET'S JUST LEAVE, I'M ABOUT TO BE SICK."
Talking Mushroom: "JUST BECAUSE I'M FEELING A BIT EMOTIONAL DOESN'T MEAN I'M LETTING YOU OFF, MORON. GET GOING BEFORE I LEAVE. BY THE WAY, YOU WOULDN'T BE MISSED."
Talking Mushroom: "HAHA, LOOK! YOU'RE PRACTICALLY ONE OF THEM, YOU FIT RIGHT IN! NOW STAY HERE LIKE A GOOD ANIMAL AND LET ME GO MY OWN WAY."
Talking Mushroom: "SPEAKING OF MY OWN WAY, WHERE IS IT AGAIN? THIS PLACE IS SERIOUSLY CREEPING ME OUT. IT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING... NEVERMIND. STOP THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THINK ABOUT STAYING HERE AGAIN."
Enter Ariodo's lab through the jungle entrance next to iboju village and go to the library room (not the same library you see in the quest).
In the library room you will need to do some parkour up to the upside-down mushroom that grows from the roof. next to that mushroom there is wooden pressure plate with the sign that says "Under brown parasols gates are managed"
throw an item on that plate, and go back to the overgrown room you passed in your way to the library.
In the overgrown hall there is a mushroom, after you activated that plate, a pressure plate will appear next to it. Step on it in order to continue
[Log] Initializing...
[Log] Systems online.
[Log] Opening door to Lab 3...
[Log] Door to Ariodo Labs 3 has been opened.
After receiving this in chat, go back to the 4 way cross section, and go through the corridor that was once blocked by the door.
This corridor lead you to the basement, where Talking Mushroom explains its backstory.
The secret of The Talking Mushroom Showcase
Spoiler alert: The hidden text contains spoilers relating to secret showcase.
This is the newest (and only) showcase of the talking mushroom secret, videos of this secret are welcomed.
Trivia
While holding the Mushroom, it can yell at you by you looking at the item: "HEY, QUIT HOLDING ME YOU NUMBSKULL!"
It is possible that the scientists who encountered the mushroom are no other then Yahya and his brothers before getting crazy by the meteors.
The real name of the Talking Mushroom is Gyran.
This secret was bugged since 1.18 until in was fixed in 1.20 Gavel Reborn update.
Gallery
First part of the log.
Second part of the log.
Third and last part of the log.
The Talking Mushroom tent, press the button for the key.
This is the door you will need to open in order to get to the basement.
Possibly the talking mushroom body before Ariodo experiment.
What could this thing be?
This is the mushroom you need to throw to the key.
Next to that mushroom, there is wooden plate to throw item for entering the basement.