12 Cute Mushroom Lamps for Your Room (and Which One to Get)

Mushroom lamps are one of those trends that earned it. They look sweet in the daytime, they glow soft and warm at night, and they take up almost no room on a nightstand. The only problem is that there are now hundreds of them, and a lot of them look the same in a photo.

So here are twelve we actually like, from cheapest to most expensive, with a plain note on who each one is for and where it falls short.

In a hurry? The cheapest cute one is the Pastel Mini. The best all-rounder is the Pink Mushroom Lamp. The one people will ask about is the Amanita.

1. The tiny cottage that lights up

A small ceramic mushroom house with a door and little windows that glow from inside, like a fairytale cottage on your shelf. It runs on small batteries, so there is no cord anywhere, which is lovely on a bookshelf and a little annoying when the batteries run out. It is a night light, not a reading lamp, and it is very happy about that. It comes in red, pink, blue or purple.

Cottagecore Mushroom Night Light
$34.99
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2. The cheapest way to try the trend

A glossy lilac dome on a beige, light green or pink base. You charge it with a cable, tap the top to dim it, and move it wherever you want a little light: desk, nightstand, shelf. It is small, so it is a mood lamp more than a lamp you would read a whole book by. For a dorm desk or a crowded bedside table, it is hard to beat for the price.

Pastel Mini Mushroom Lamp
$39.99
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3. The soft one you can hang up

This one is plush, with a striped cap and a little strap, so you can hang it on a hook when your desk runs out of space. Think of it as a squishy decoration that happens to glow. It is the pick for a kawaii or dopamine room, and probably not the pick if you want a serious grown-up lamp.

Plush Mushroom Night Lamp
$46.99
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4. For people who find pastel a bit much

A metal mushroom in silver, black or bronze, with a touch control right on top. It has a calm, sleek look that fits a minimal room or a desk full of notebooks. It is cordless, so it can sit wherever you like. It is not going to give you the candy-colored moment of the pink ones, and that is exactly the point.

Retro Mushroom Table Lamp
$48.99
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5. The mid-century classic

A wide glossy dome on a small round foot, in orange or white. It is the shape that started the whole trend, and it takes up less table than you would think because the foot is narrow. It plugs in, so it needs an outlet nearby. Orange is a big statement. White is the quiet version.

Mushroom Table Lamp
$57.99
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6. Plain white, zero drama

A round white dome you charge and carry around. You can pick how bright it is and how warm the light looks, which makes it a good desk lamp for late-night studying and a good bedside lamp for winding down. It is the one for a room that already has plenty of color and just needs a light.

White Mushroom Desk Lamp
$57.99
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7. Ten colors, pick your person

A shiny metal mushroom in yellow, red, pink, green, blue, wine red, white, gray, black or silver. Ten colors is a lot of choice, so here is the cheat: pick the color that is already in your bedding and you are done. It charges with a cable, glows warm and has a touch control close to your hand.

Preppy Mushroom Table Lamp
$67.99
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8. The one we would pick

A smooth dome on a slim stem, with the light glowing out from under the rim. Tap the top to dim it, change the light from warm to cool, and carry it from bedside to desk to shelf with no cord to hide. It comes in pink, white, gray, yellow, black and blue. It is built for cozy evenings and not for serious reading, but for a nightstand it is about as easy as a lamp gets.

Pink Mushroom Lamp
$69.99
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9. Glass with a spiral

A rounded glass mushroom with diagonal stripes that catch the light even when the lamp is off, in pink, white, green, blue or orange. It plugs in, so it stays put, and the round base leaves room for your phone and a glass of water. It is the pick for a retro room.

Curvy Mushroom Lamp
$70.99
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10. Stripes for the glass lover

Another spiral glass one, this time in six finishes including a soft frosted white, pink, yellow, green and purple. If the curvy one is the friendly version, this one is the slightly more dressed-up cousin. Check the plug type on the page and choose the US one.

Baby Striped Mushroom Lamp
$77.99
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11. The storybook toadstool

A red cap with white spots on a pale stem, exactly like the mushroom in a children's book. It is bigger and bolder than the others, and it is the lamp people comment on when they walk in. It costs more than most on this list, so it is for the person who wants one real statement piece in a cottagecore or fairycore room.

Amanita Mushroom Table Lamp
$131.99
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12. The grown-up splurge

A milky dome over a polished chrome stem and a clear glass base. It is the most expensive lamp on the list, and it only earns the price if chrome and Bauhaus design are your thing. If they are, it is the one that makes a plain nightstand look like a design shop. Pick the US plug on the product page.

Bauhaus Chrome Mushroom Table Lamp
$263.99
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How to pick without overthinking it

Three questions are enough. First, do you want to plug it in? Cordless lamps can sit anywhere and are perfect for dorms, while plug-in glass lamps look more dramatic but need an outlet nearby. Second, how much room do you have? A tiny nightstand wants a mini or a lamp with a narrow base. Third, which color is already in your room? Match it, and the lamp will look like it belongs.

Once it is on the nightstand, keep the table simple: the lamp, a book, a glass of water. A mushroom lamp is already the statement, so give it some space.

Want to see them all? Browse the mushroom lamps collection, find more bedside lights in lighting and cute night lights, or build a whole room around one with dopamine room decor or Danish pastel decor.