is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tachibana Higuchi. It began serialization on Hakusensha's Manga Park manga website in October 2019. An anime television series adaptation produced by Typhoon Graphics and Qzil.la premiered in January 9, 2026 and ran until March 20, 2026.
Plot
Luna is a young witch who lives alone in a forest known for its poisonous mushrooms. Feared and shunned by nearby villagers for being a black witch in a kingdom ruled by white witches, Luna is believed to bring illness and death because of the poisonous mushrooms that she leaves everywhere she touches. Despite her reputation, Luna is gentle and kind, spending her days studying mushrooms, brewing medicines, and quietly helping others from afar. One day she meets someone who changes the course of her life forever.
Characters
A talented and kind black witch who has lived for much longer than a normal human, despite her youthful appearance. Her skin and breath are poisonous and she leaves a trail of mushrooms everywhere she goes, caused by the fact that she was a cursed youngling. Because of this, people are generally afraid of her and she keeps to herself to avoid hurting anyone, only having the company of the magical creatures that live with her in her mushroom house.
Beautiful noble boy who is a cursed youngling and seed to The End of All Things. Luna take him in and trains him to make sure he doesn't become a monster.
A friend of Luna's, he is strict and acts mean, but he cares and watches out for Luna. He is the familiar for the great and powerful bird magician and is able to turn into a crow.
Magical cow creature and companion of Luna who lives in the mushroom house with her. They turn into a cow when accompanying Luna to the village.
Magical sheep creature and companion of Luna who lives in the mushroom house with her. They can turn into a sheep on command.
Magical cat creature and companion of Luna who lives in the mushroom house with her. The former familiar of the cat witch who was taken in by Luna after she died.
A handsome and friendly boy from the village that Luna draws and later befriends. It stated that he has family loyal to the white witches, but he is more open-minded. Luna and him fall in love, but she takes his memories of their love to save him.
A former friend of Luna who uses magic related to cats. Luna calls her Miss Dorothy. Despite having a reputation for being mean, after getting to know Luna, she becomes more kind and cares deeply about Luna. She is executed as part of the black witch hunt.
A member of the black mage council who tends to run from his duties. He speaks crudely and tends to make a mess, even though he is quite powerful.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Tachibana Higuchi, Champignon Witch began serialization on Hakusensha's Manga Park website on October 18, 2019. A side-story was published in The Hana to Yume magazine the following week. Its chapters have been compiled into seven volumes as of January 2026.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 13, 2024. It is produced by Typhoon Graphics and Qzil.la, and directed by YÃ
Âsuke Kubo, with scripts written by YÃ
«ko Kakihara, characters designed by Miki Matsumoto, and music composed by Takeshi Hama. The series aired from January 9, 2026 to March 20, 2026, on TBS and other networks. The opening theme song is , performed by Rosu, and the ending theme song is , performed by . Crunchyroll is streaming the series.
Episodes
Reception
The series has been recommended by manga artist Chica Umino and artist Yuko Higuchi.
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