diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_core/nodes_base.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_core/nodes_base.lua
index b4edc50456..7473ab849a 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_core/nodes_base.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_core/nodes_base.lua
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_core:mycelium", {
 	tiles = {"mcl_core_mycelium_top.png", "default_dirt.png", {name="mcl_core_mycelium_side.png", tileable_vertical=false}},
 	is_ground_content = true,
 	stack_max = 64,
-	groups = {handy=1,shovely=1, dirt=2,spreading_dirt_type=1, enderman_takable=1, building_block=1},
+	groups = { handy = 1, shovely = 1, dirt = 2, spreading_dirt_type = 1, enderman_takable = 1,  building_block = 1, soil_sapling = 2},
 	drop = "mcl_core:dirt",
 	sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_dirt_defaults({
 		footstep = {name="default_grass_footstep", gain=0.1},
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_core:coarse_dirt", {
 	tiles = {"mcl_core_coarse_dirt.png"},
 	is_ground_content = true,
 	stack_max = 64,
-	groups = {handy=1,shovely=1, dirt=3,soil=1, soil_sugarcane=1, cultivatable=1, enderman_takable=1, building_block=1},
+	groups = { handy = 1,shovely = 1, dirt = 3, soil = 1, soil_sugarcane = 1, cultivatable = 1, enderman_takable = 1, building_block = 1, soil_sapling = 2},
 	sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_dirt_defaults(),
 	_mcl_blast_resistance = 0.5,
 	_mcl_hardness = 0.5,
diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_core/nodes_trees.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_core/nodes_trees.lua
index e4903958ef..54a43d6bfe 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_core/nodes_trees.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_core/nodes_trees.lua
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ local function register_sapling(subname, description, longdesc, tt_help, texture
 			local node_below = minetest.get_node_or_nil({x=pos.x,y=pos.y-1,z=pos.z})
 			if not node_below then return false end
 			local nn = node_below.name
-			return ((minetest.get_item_group(nn, "grass_block") == 1) or
-					nn=="mcl_core:podzol" or nn=="mcl_core:podzol_snow" or
-					nn=="mcl_core:dirt")
+			return minetest.get_item_group(nn, "grass_block") == 1 or
+					nn == "mcl_core:podzol" or nn == "mcl_core:podzol_snow" or
+					nn == "mcl_core:dirt" or nn == "mcl_core:mycelium" or nn == "mcl_core:coarse_dirt"
 		end),
 		node_placement_prediction = "",
 		_mcl_blast_resistance = 0,