diff --git a/df_trees/goblin_cap.lua b/df_trees/goblin_cap.lua
index 4186f94..dd71bb9 100644
--- a/df_trees/goblin_cap.lua
+++ b/df_trees/goblin_cap.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ minetest.register_node("df_trees:goblin_cap_stem", {
 	tiles = {"dfcaverns_goblin_cap_stem.png"},
 	is_ground_content = true,
 	groups = {tree = 1, choppy = 2, oddly_breakable_by_hand = 1, flammable = 2, goblin_cap = 1},
-	sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
+	sounds = df_trees.node_sound_tree_soft_fungus_defaults(),
 })
 
 --cap
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ minetest.register_node("df_trees:goblin_cap", {
 	tiles = {"dfcaverns_goblin_cap.png"},
 	is_ground_content = true,
 	groups = {tree = 1, choppy = 2, oddly_breakable_by_hand = 1, flammable = 2, goblin_cap = 1},
-	sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
+	sounds = df_trees.node_sound_tree_soft_fungus_defaults(),
 })
 
 --gills
diff --git a/df_trees/init.lua b/df_trees/init.lua
index b2321fd..68c2221 100644
--- a/df_trees/init.lua
+++ b/df_trees/init.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 df_trees = {}
 
+df_trees.node_sound_tree_soft_fungus_defaults = function(table)
+	table = table or {}
+	table.footstep = table.footstep or
+			{name = "dfcaverns_fungus_footstep", gain = 0.3}
+	default.node_sound_wood_defaults(table)
+	return table
+end
+
 --grab a shorthand for the filepath of the mod
 local modpath = minetest.get_modpath(minetest.get_current_modname())
 
diff --git a/df_trees/nether_cap.lua b/df_trees/nether_cap.lua
index 85ff323..5bbef57 100644
--- a/df_trees/nether_cap.lua
+++ b/df_trees/nether_cap.lua
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ minetest.register_node("df_trees:nether_cap", {
 	tiles = {"dfcaverns_nether_cap.png"},
 	is_ground_content = true,
 	groups = {tree = 1, choppy = 2, oddly_breakable_by_hand = 1, puts_out_fire = 1, cools_lava = 1, freezes_water = 1 },
-	sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
+	sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults({
+		footstep = {name = "default_snow_footstep", gain = 0.2},
+	}),
 })
 
 --gills
diff --git a/df_trees/sounds/dfcaverns_fungus_footstep.1.ogg b/df_trees/sounds/dfcaverns_fungus_footstep.1.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3aec502
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diff --git a/df_trees/sounds/dfcaverns_fungus_footstep.2.ogg b/df_trees/sounds/dfcaverns_fungus_footstep.2.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97aaa8a
Binary files /dev/null and b/df_trees/sounds/dfcaverns_fungus_footstep.2.ogg differ
diff --git a/df_trees/sounds/dfcaverns_fungus_footstep.3.ogg b/df_trees/sounds/dfcaverns_fungus_footstep.3.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a931c0
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diff --git a/df_trees/sounds/dfcaverns_fungus_footstep.4.ogg b/df_trees/sounds/dfcaverns_fungus_footstep.4.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebeee6c
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diff --git a/df_trees/sounds/license.txt b/df_trees/sounds/license.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4833245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/df_trees/sounds/license.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dfcaverns_fungus_footstep are from https://freesound.org/people/jakeh111/sounds/60853/ under CC-BY-SA 3.0 in 2008 by jakeh111
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/df_trees/tower_cap.lua b/df_trees/tower_cap.lua
index 1af877e..c8a54c2 100644
--- a/df_trees/tower_cap.lua
+++ b/df_trees/tower_cap.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ minetest.register_node("df_trees:tower_cap_stem", {
 	tiles = {"dfcaverns_tower_cap.png"},
 	is_ground_content = true,
 	groups = {tree = 1, choppy = 2, oddly_breakable_by_hand = 1, flammable = 2, tower_cap = 1},
-	sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
+	sounds = df_trees.node_sound_tree_soft_fungus_defaults(),
 })
 
 --cap
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ minetest.register_node("df_trees:tower_cap", {
 	tiles = {"dfcaverns_tower_cap.png"},
 	is_ground_content = true,
 	groups = {tree = 1, choppy = 2, oddly_breakable_by_hand = 1, flammable = 2, tower_cap = 1},
-	sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
+	sounds = df_trees.node_sound_tree_soft_fungus_defaults(),
 })
 
 --gills