Mushroom

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This article is about the Mushrooms that heal Mario's Heart Points in RPGs, among miscellaneous uses. For other uses, see Mushroom (disambiguation).
"Shroom" redirects here. For the enemy in Donkey Kong 64, see Shroom (enemy).
Not to be confused with Super Mushroom or Dash Mushroom.
Mushroom
Artwork of a Dash Mushroom in Super Mario Party. Also used for Super Mushroom in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Mushroom for Super Mario Party Jamboree.
Artwork from Super Mario Party Jamboree
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)
Effect Adds an additional mark (Super Mario Bros. 2)
Initiates Fever Time (Mario Clash)
Restores HP (RPGs)
Allows a player to roll two Dice Blocks (Mario Party series, Mario Party 2Mario Party 7)
Adds five to the player's roll (Mario Party series, as of Mario Party Superstars)
Makes a player run faster (Mario Tennis series)
Throws a ball farther (Mario Golf: World Tour)
Related
“This is a mushroom! Grab these to recover HP.”
In-game text, Super Paper Mario

Mushrooms are recurring items in the Super Mario franchise. Their effect on the player character varies from game to game. They often share a design with Super Mushrooms from the Super Mario series and Dash Mushrooms from the Mario Kart series.

History[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance[edit]

Subspace with Princess Toadstool standing on one spot
Screenshot from Super Mario Bros. 2 of a Mushroom in Subspace

Mushrooms[1] also known as Sub-space Mushrooms[2] (or Subspace Mushrooms),[3] are found in specific areas of Subspace in Super Mario Bros. 2 and add an extra hit point to the Life Gauge, allowing up to four (five in the remake). They replace the hearts in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. Mushrooms also turn Mario, Luigi, the Princess, and Toad back into their Super forms if they are in their Small forms, like a Super Mushroom in Super Mario Bros., and fills the entire Life Gauge.

The Yoshi Challenge in Super Mario Advance replaces two mushrooms in each level with Yoshi Eggs.

Mario's Picross[edit]

One of the puzzles in Mario's Picross is of a Mushroom.

Mario Clash[edit]

Mushrooms are power-ups in Mario Clash. They initiate Fever Time, allowing any enemy to be defeated from a single hit and doubling the number of points earned. A Mushroom appears only after defeating thirty target enemies. The effect of a Mushroom wears off when the stage is finished, or if Mario loses either a life or the shell.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, a Mushroom restores 30 HP for one party member, and it has a red and white cap with an orange stem and no face. Mushrooms with faces are in treasure boxes, restoring all HP and FP if revealed. Mushrooms have two higher-tier varieties, including the Mid Mushroom, which restores 80 HP, and the Max Mushroom, which restores all HP. In the Japanese version, the Mid Mushroom and Max Mushroom are respectively known as Super Mushroom and Ultra Mushroom, which are the names used in later role-playing games. Bad Mushrooms look identical to Mushrooms, except they poison either a party member or enemy. The Mini Goomba Triplets sell specific mushrooms in Monstro Town that turns the user into an immobile Mushroom, though they recover HP each turn.

Mario Party series[edit]

For a list of probabilities of Double Dice Block rolls with Mushrooms, see Double Dice § Probabilities.

Mushrooms in the Mario Party series are usually items that increase how many spaces the player can move. Similar items have appeared in games in which the regular Mushroom is not present, such as the Mega Mushroom in Mario Party 4, the Twice Candy in Mario Party 8, and the Double Dice Set in Mario Party DS.

Many variants of the Mushroom have appeared in the Mario Party series alongside the normal variety, such as the golden Super Mushroom, which provides a stronger version of the regular Mushroom’s effect, the Cursed Mushroom, which reduces a player's maximum roll on the Dice Block, and the Reverse Mushroom, which causes a player to move backward on their turn.

Mario Party[edit]

Mushroom Board Play MP1.png

If the player lands a Mushroom on a Mushroom Space in Mario Party, they can roll another Dice Block the same turn.

Mario Party 2[edit]

Mushroom MP2-3.png

The Mushroom is an item in Mario Party 2. It is determined to be Mario's favorite item. It costs ten coins to buy at an Item Shop. It allows a player to roll two Dice Blocks instead of just one, and if the player rolls the same number twice, they earn 10 coins, or 20 coins for double 7s. Mushrooms are also in the minigame Rakin' 'em In, where they have to be pushed into their baskets for points while avoiding Poison Purple Mushrooms.

Mario Party 3[edit]

The Mushroom returns in Mario Party 3, now costing only five coins to purchase at Toad's Trading Post. The only difference with a Mushroom from the previous game is its ability to cure curses brought upon by Poison Mushrooms, Reverse Mushrooms, or Bowser.

Mario Party 5[edit]

Mushroom Capsule
The Mushroom Capsule in Mario Party 5

The Mushroom reappears in the form of a capsule as the Mushroom Capsule in Mario Party 5. A Mushroom Capsule can be obtained from a capsule machine like other capsules and placed on a space either for free or used on the player directly for five coins. The Mushroom from the capsule retains its effects from Mario Party 2, except rolling double 7s is worth 30 coins. A Mushroom is an Item Card in Card Party mode and similarly allows the player to roll two Dice Blocks, but without any reward for rolling the same number twice; the Dice Bonus Last Card Event allows the affected player to roll three dice upon using a Mushroom. A Mushroom also appears in Super Duel Mode randomly and improves both the control and speed of the player's machine temporarily.

Mario Party 6[edit]

The Mushroom Capsule returns in Mario Party 6 with the title Mushroom Orb, which works identically as before but cannot be put on spaces. It can be either obtained from Orb Spaces or bought from an Orb hut for usually five coins.

Mario Party Advance[edit]

The player uses up one Mushroom per turn to roll the Dice Block in Mario Party Advance. Mushrooms can be obtained by winning minigames, with the reward usually being three of them, or sometimes six. If the player has no Mushrooms left, the gameplay ends.

Mario Party 7[edit]

The Mushroom Orb returns in Mario Party 7, where it is mostly the same as in Mario Party 6. A difference is that in Team Battle, both team members roll two Dice Blocks numbered 1-5, and the team can earn 50 coins should all four Dice Blocks land on the same number. Toad and Toadette also have their own signature Orb, the Triple 'Shroom Orb, which functions like the Mushroom Orb for three turns.

Mario Party 9[edit]

Mushrooms are in the Fungi Frenzy minigame of Mario Party 9, where each panel contains either one, two, or three of them.

Mario Party 10[edit]

Mushrooms are featured in the minigame Movin' Mushrooms in Mario Party 10, where a team gains a point if it falls into a cart.

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

Mushrooms return as items in Mario Party Superstars. They cost three coins to purchase at an item shop. Their original effect has been inherited by the Double Dice, with their function now being to add five spaces to the player's roll, similar to the effects of a Dash Mushroom and Golden Dash Mushroom in Mario Party: Island Tour, Mario Party: Star Rush, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Super Mario Party.

Super Mario Party Jamboree[edit]

Mushroom
A Mushroom as it appears in Super Mario Party Jamboree

Mushrooms return in Super Mario Party Jamboree with the same role as in Mario Party Superstars. The game adds the Mushroom Tickets item, which is the equivalent of having two, three, or four Mushrooms in one's inventory. A player can choose a Mushroom as their starting item in Pro Rules.

Mario Tennis series[edit]

Mushrooms appear in the Nintendo 64 version of Mario Tennis and its sequel, Mario Power Tennis. They are usable during an Item Battle match and are obtainable by hitting the ball into an Item Box over the net. Mushrooms make players run faster, but in Mario Power Tennis, they also return shrunken players to regular size. Mario Tennis Open features tennis gear for Miis based on a Mushroom. A Mushroom is the emblem of the Mushroom Cup for all the previously mentioned games.

Paper Mario series[edit]

Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Paper Mario description A regular Mushroom. Restores 5 HP.
The Thousand-Year Door description A feel-good mushroom. Replenishes 5 HP.

Paper Mario[edit]

Mushrooms are healing items in Paper Mario, restoring 5 HP upon use. Several varieties also appear, such as Volt Shrooms and Life Shrooms. Mushrooms are also recipe ingredients and can be combined with other items to form different ingredients.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Mushrooms retain their role as items in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, but they can now also heal partners. The same Mushroom varieties return, in addition to Slow Mushrooms. Punio and Petuni often eat Mushrooms and even give one to Mario and Peach during the ending as a present for them to enjoy on their way home. In addition, the Excess Express is said to serve mushroom dishes.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Mushrooms work differently in Super Paper Mario. They appear from ? Blocks and restore ten HP upon contact, as well as give 1000 points. They have a carry-on counterpart named Shroom Shake.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

The Mushroom sticker from Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Mushrooms appear as stickers in Paper Mario: Sticker Star. They restore 20 HP, though it can be upped to 30 if one presses A Button at the right time. The item has two more effective varieties, including Shiny Mushrooms, which restore 40 or 60 HP, and the Flashy Mushroom, which restores 80 or 99 HP. There are also Big 1UP and Big Shiny 1UP stickers, which restore 10 or 15 HP for ten turns, respectively. Poison Mushrooms also return, poisoning Mario as usual. Mushrooms appear in several levels and can be bought from Decalburg and Whammino Mountain. It is #79 within the Sticker Museum.

Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

Mushrooms are repurposed as cards in Paper Mario: Color Splash. They use up red paint when colored in, restore some HP when used, and can be bought at Prisma Cardware for 20 coins. Mushroom cards also have two more effective varieties, Big Mushroom and Mega Mushroom cards.

Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]

“Who likes Mushrooms? ME!”
Toad, Paper Mario: The Origami King

Mushrooms are healing items in Paper Mario: The Origami King, now recovering 50 HP, and are featured in papercraft form. Mushrooms have both Shiny and Flashy counterparts, which restore 100 and 200 HP, respectively. They occupy one of attack slot in battle. A Mushroom can be found in ? Blocks, becoming available at Toad Town's item shop after being found, as well as with the Shiny and Flashy variations. Mushrooms can also be bought at Overlook Tower and Big Sho' Theater. There are also Mushroom 3-Packs and Mushroom 6-Packs, bulk items that can be bought in stores for a cheaper price than Mushrooms and similarly have Shiny variants. It is possible to hold up to 99 Mushrooms and use them outside of battle, except at Scuffle Island or while riding down Eddy River. When fighting the Paper Macho Shy Guys in the Fire Vellumental Cave, a Fire Vellumental statue will burn a Mushroom if one tries to use it.

Recipes[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]
Recipe Result
Icon of an item from Paper Mario Mushroom Mushroom Fry Fried Shroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario Mushroom + Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series) Life Shroom Mushroom Steak Shroom Steak
Icon of an item from Paper Mario Mushroom + Cake Mix Cake Mix Mushroom Cake Shroom Cake
Icon of an item from Paper Mario Mushroom + Egg Egg Bland Meal Bland Meal
Icon of an item from Paper Mario Mushroom + Honey Syrup Honey Syrup Honey Mushroom Honey Shroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario Mushroom + Maple Syrup Maple Syrup Maple Mushroom Maple Shroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario Mushroom + Jammin' Jelly Jammin' Jelly Jelly Mushroom Jelly Shroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario Mushroom + Turtley Leaf Koopa Leaf Volt Mushroom Volt Shroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario Mushroom + Strange Leaf Strange Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario Mushroom + Goomnut Goomnut
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]
Recipe Result
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom Mushroom Fry Mushroom Fry
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom + Turtley Leaf Turtley Leaf
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom + Fire Flower Fire Flower Mushroom Roast Mushroom Roast
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom + Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series) Life Mushroom Mushroom Steak Mushroom Steak
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom + Cake Mix Cake Mix Mushroom Cake Mushroom Cake
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom + Honey Syrup Honey Syrup Honey Mushroom Honey Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom + Maple Syrup Maple Syrup Maple Mushroom Maple Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom + Jammin' Jelly Jammin' Jelly Jelly Mushroom Jelly Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom + Mystic Egg Mystic Egg Omelette Meal Omelette Meal
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom + Mr. Softener Mr. Softener Dried Mushroom Dried Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom + Thunder Rage Thunder Rage Volt Mushroom Volt Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom + Point Swap Point Swap Honey Syrup Honey Syrup
Honey Syrup Honey Syrup + Point Swap Point Swap Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Mushroom

Mario & Luigi series[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]

Mushroom

Mushrooms are the most basic healing item in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and they restore 25 HP. Their colors are reversed to white with red spots. Mushrooms are the cheapest item found in stores. They have more effective variations, including Super Mushrooms, Ultra Mushrooms, and Max Mushrooms. There is also the rare Golden Mushrooms, which restores all HP and BP. There are Shroom Badges and Shroom clothing that affect Mario and Luigi's stats depending on how many Mushrooms they have. There is also a mushroom titled the Invincishroom, which Mario eats during the plot, slowly becoming a bean until Luigi gives him Crabbie Grass.

In the remake, regular Mushrooms heal 30 HP instead and use their standard design like in other games of the Mario & Luigi series.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]

A Mushroom from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

Mushrooms and their three more effective variations all return as healing items in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. The game also adds Mushroom Drops, which heal every single member on the team. Shroom Badges return, except they now increase the healing effects of a Mushroom. The main villains, the Shroobs, are based on mushrooms, retaining the same shape and spots and even inhabiting a planet shaped like one.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Icon of a Mushroom from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Screenshot of Giant Bowser holding a Mushroom in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

Mushrooms return as healing items in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its remake, now restoring 30 HP. They also retain their more effective Super Mushroom, Ultra Mushroom, and Max Mushroom variations. Bowser can use Mushrooms during battles by acquiring them from either Jailgoons, Broque Monsieur, Trashures, Dark Trashures, or Naplocks. He can also collect and use giant Mushrooms (originally called Refreshrooms) in giant battles, which recover half of his Health Meter. There is a unique clothing item titled Mushroom Glove, causing the wearer to sometimes use a random mushroom in their turn.

Names in other languages[edit]
Refreshroom (Exclusive to the original Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese かいふくキノコ[?]
Kaifuku Kinoko
Recovery Mushroom
French Champignon curatif[?] Healing mushroom
German Frisch-Pilz[?] Fresh Mushroom
Italian Grande Fungo[?] Large Mushroom
Spanish Champiñón restaurador[?] Restorative mushroom

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]

Icon for the Mushrooms in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Mushrooms are healing items in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, returning alongside their Super Mushroom, Ultra Mushroom, and Max Mushroom varieties. Mushrooms restore 30 HP, like before. Using Shroom EXP converts the value of HP healed from using Mushrooms during battle to EXP at the end, but with a 50% bonus, with Mushrooms adding 45 EXP. One of the Bros. Attacks, Rhythm Mushroom, involves the use of mushrooms, where Mario throws several larger-sized mushrooms for Giant Luigi to consume and recover his HP.

Mushrooms can be used by various enemies and retain their restorative properties. Popple may sometimes kick a Mushroom among other items at Mario or Luigi. The Zeekeeper and Zeekeeper X may drop a Mushroom amongst the eggs late into the battle. Corporal Paraplonk and Corporal Paraplonk X use Mushrooms to heal the Elite Trio and the Elite Trio X, respectively. Mushrooms appear in the second-to-last phase of Bowser's battle in Dreamy Neo Bowser Castle as well as Bowser X's equivalent battle for Bowser or Giant Luigi to pick up. Lakitu and Lakitu R may sometimes throw a Mushroom instead of a Spiny Egg.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]

Mushrooms and their three varieties return in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, working the same as before.

Mario Golf: World Tour[edit]

Mushrooms are usable item shots in Mario Golf: World Tour that make the ball roll much farther upon landing. Mushrooms are also the tee markers of Toad Highlands. Models of Mushrooms are used on trophies for Castle Club tournaments and the lampposts of the building's exterior. Mushrooms are red on regional tournament trophies, with spots corresponding to the trophy color, and are depicted with crowns and colored like the rest of the trophy completely on world tournament trophies.

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle[edit]

Mushrooms are used as healing items between battles in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. They restore each active party member's HP by 70, though it is possible to upgrade the amount from the skill tree for Mario only.

WarioWare: Get It Together![edit]

A yellow Mushroom with Wario's mustache is one of the obstacles that Wario spits out during the microgame Inside the Storm in WarioWare: Get It Together.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

  • Wii Virtual Console manual description:
    • English:
      This item replenishes your life meter and extends it by one mark (up to a maximum of four marks).

Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English (British):
      These may appear when you enter a warp to Subspace. Pick them up to add extra hearts to your Life Meter.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]

  • Electronic manual description:
    • English:
      Recovers the HP of one character.

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

  • Item description:
    • English:
      Makes you feel better. Just the thing when you're tired.
    • Other languages:
      • Japanese:
        げんきに なる。つかれた ときには やっぱ コレ。
      • French (Canada):
        Te fait te sentir mieux. Juste ce qu'il faut quand tu es fatigué.
      • French (Europe):
        Vous aide à vous sentir un peu mieux. Parfait en cas de petite fatigue.
      • German:
        Füllt deine KP ein wenig auf. Das beste Mittel, wenn du dich etwas geschwächt fühlst.
      • Italian:
        Ti fa stare un po' meglio. È l'ideale per riprendersi dalla stanchezza.
      • Korean:
        기운이 난다. 지쳤을 때는 역시 이것.
      • Spanish (Latin America):
        Hace que te sientas mejor. Es ideal cuando estás cansado.
      • Spanish (Europe):
        Te hace sentir mejor. Si notas cansancio, es justo lo que necesitas.
  • Sticker Museum plaque: An all-important HP-restoring sticker that can only be used during battle. Always, ALWAYS carry one with you!

Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]

  • Description: A useful item that can restore Mario's health anytime.
  • Collectible Treasure #2: Another valuable resource for restoring Mario's HP. A Mushroom a day keeps game overs at bay!

Gallery[edit]

See also: Gallery:Super Mushroom

Artwork[edit]

Sprites and models[edit]

Screenshots[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese キノコ / きのこ[4][5]
Kinoko
Mushroom
回復かいふくキノコ[6]
Kaifuku Kinoko
Recover Mushroom Super Mario RPG, treasure box
Catalan Xampinyó[?] Button mushroom The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Chinese (simplified) 蘑菇[?]
Mógu
Mushroom
加血蘑菇[7]
Jiāxiě Mógu
Add Heart Point Mushroom Super Mario Advance
Dutch Paddenstoel[?] Mushroom
French Champignon[?] Mushroom
German Pilz[?] Mushroom
Greek Μανιτάρι[8]
Manitári
Mushroom
Italian Fungo[?] Mushroom
Korean 버섯[?]
Beoseot
Mushroom
Portuguese Cogumelo[?] Mushroom
Russian Гриб[?]
Grib
Mushroom
Spanish (NOA) Champiñón[?] Mushroom
Spanish (NOE) Champiñón[?] Mushroom
Seta[9][10] Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Mushroom Orb[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese キノコカプセル[?]
Kinoko kapuseru
Mushroom Capsule
German Pilz-Kapsel[?] Mushroom Capsule
Spanish Cápsula Champiñón[?] Mushroom Capsule

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 19.
  2. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (English). Page 88Media:SMAS Guide 88.jpg.
  3. ^ Spring 2001. Nintendo Power Advance Volume 1. Nintendo of America (English). Page 14.
  4. ^ Super Mario Collection instruction booklet, Super Mario USA section[page number needed]
  5. ^ 1995. マリオクラッシュ (Mario Kurasshu) instruction booklet (JPG). Nintendo (Japanese) via Planet Virtual Boy. Page 17.
  6. ^ 1996. スーパーマリオRPG - FINAL EDITION 任天堂公式ガイドブック. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4091025382. Page 34.
  7. ^ iQue (February 27, 2017). 小神游GBA官方游戏宣传视频. Bilibili (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  8. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Greek). Page 1.
  9. ^ FatalRagnarok (May 25, 2015). Paper Mario | Walkthrough Español |Part 2 "El malvado Rey Goomba y esbirros" (14:39). YouTube (European Spanish). Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  10. ^ DSimphony (July 20, 2022). ¡La nueva Goombadex! - 01 - Paper Mario: La Puerta Milenaria (GC) DSimphony (19:57). YouTube (European Spanish). Retrieved June 27, 2024.