In Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, in order to survive and regain stamina, the player must eat food. This article contains information about the edible plants in the game. Plants can only be transformed into rations; they cannot be captured in the player's cages. Fruits and vine melons tend to hang from tree branches, and mushrooms tend to grow on the base of trees and on logs. Fruits and melons hanging from branches and vines usually need to be shot down. Mushrooms can be turned into rations by damaging them (with a punch, a kick, a knife, a grenade, and so on), as can fruits and vine melons that are already lying on the ground. Collecting all fruits and fungi in the HD version will result in the achievements/trophies "Everything is In Season" and "Fungus Among Us", respectively, being u