I've not gotten ANY! I've played for 26 hours and have not seen a single mushroom nor any collectibles.

I do have children.

Is this a glitch?

We've never seen a game where they didn't appear. Are you sure that you're checking in the right places?

Yeah, there are none. I don't get mushrooms, either.

Did you, perhaps, edit or delete the image files for the game?

I don't think so. My first tribe was almost near death, so I started this second one and put the first one on pause. I haven't gotten a single mushroom or collectible.

You could check the images folder, just to be sure that it's there. Look in My Computer\C:\Program Files\Virtual Villagers - The Lost Children\Images for a file called collectables_images.png

If that file is there, try starting another game in a different game slot and see if the collectibles appear in that game. As I said before, we have never seen a game where they failed to appear.

Edit: As Charley pointed out, the 'c' got left off of the file name. I fixed it, Charley - thank you.

LadyCFII, my I correct you? It's Look in My Computer\C:\Program Files\Virtual Villagers - The Lost Children\Images for a file called collectables_images.png

Barbara-
Does that mean editing the mushrooms won't work this time?

Never mind...Monk answered that on the shoutbox.

the file is there. I'll start a new game and see if they show up.