Super Mushroom

The Super Mushroom is a very common power-up (could be the most common power-up) from the Mario series of video games. Traditionally, it is about the size of "regular" Mario, and has a white stalk below a red and white (originally red and orange) spotted cap. Originally, it was shaped after a common mushroom, but since in Super Mario Bros. 2, it gained a more cartoonish shape, with an almost-spheric cap and a stubby stalk. It has two eyes like most other power-ups.

The Super Mushroom is the most basic power-up in the Mario series, and is also the most popular and most seen items. Winning three consecutive Mushroom cards from the slot-machine goal boxes at the end of each level in Super Mario Bros. 3 will earn the player two extra lives, whereas winning three consecutive Fire Flower cards earns three extra lives, and winning three consecutive Starman cards will earn them five. In Mario Kart games, the first (and easiest) tracks belong to the Mushroom Cup.

These mushrooms were originally going to be called Magic Mushrooms. However, they decided that this was not such a good idea after all, since "Magic Mushroom" is the street name for the Psilocybin mushroom, a type of hallucinogenic drug.