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"ald" <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:09:07 -0500, "Majid" <nospam@my.net> wrote:
>
>>Hi.  Fired up an old comp and playing a bit of original D single player.
>>Anyone remember where one can find the Fungal Tome to further the Black
>>Mushroom quest.  Preferably not just what level but if it's in a "stable" 
>>or
>>in the middle of the map or random drop anywhere on the map.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for your help. :)
>
> That's the one you get *after* you find the mushroom itself, right?
> IIRC, it's somewhere (random) on the next level down from where you
> found the mushroom. I'd double check myself, but I can't find my
> (replacement) original Diablo CD atm ;-(
>
> ald
> "Knowledge is Power"
> VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
> Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
> Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
> Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
> Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
> Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
> Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
> Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
> Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
> Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
> BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
> Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
> Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
> CotSRSig #16

Ok reiteration of Mushroom Quest in single player Original Diablo... you can 
see the mushroom patch on level 9, but can't interact with it until you find 
the Fungal Tome which is on the same level.  I found it each time by 
exploring the opposite side of where I saw the mushroom patch... i.e. if you 
see the patch to the north look on the opposite side of the north (North 
being up the screen and South being down the screen).  So if you see it NW, 
look NE, if you see it SW look for it SE.  The fungal tome is NOT on the 
fallen hero (he drops a regular spell book).  At least in Single Player this 
is true.  The fungal tome is just laying on the ground.  Turn it into Adria.

After fungal tome turn in, use a single target spell to kill any mob on the 
fungal tome level or below (I did not test mobs levels other than those on 
or deeper than the fungal tome level).  The first mob you kill will drop the 
brain you turn in to Pepin regardless of whether or not you talk to Pepin 
before it drops.  Turn this in to him (he is the healer in town).  He will 
give you an elixir.  When you talk to Adria with this in inventory she will 
say, bottom line, "keep it".  Drink it and gain plus 3 to all attributes 
(except maxed stats which will remain the same).

I reiterate, this is all in Single Player mode.

I believe I have now addressed this quest more completely than anything I 
found online for original D (albeit I did not do any NG searches, only 
Googles and the Wikis and the like).

For original Diablo players who remember solo... I hope this is a refresher 
and brings back fond memories.  For all others doing this quest for the 
first time, I hope this helps and happy hunting!  (I think I just gave 
myself away to a couple of oldies :) ).