Best Mushrooms In Mario

Mushrooms are virtually synonymous with the greater Mario series. In their 1985 debut, Super Mario Bros.'s Red mushrooms, or Super Mushrooms, make Mario grow, and more importantly, allow him to take an extra hit. Green mushrooms, or 1-Ups, let the player gain an extra life, depending on the color.

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However, with the variety the series has displayed since its initial popularity, mushrooms have come to diversify and serve many other potential purposes as well. Examples include them being used as a healing item in various Mario RPGs, as well as a speed boost in the Mario Kart games. Here are the most beneficial variants of mushrooms across the greater Mario series.

10 Volt Mushroom

Paper Mario

This shocking shroom was available in the first three installments of Paper Mario. However, its direct application varies from game to game. Each time it's used, it electrifies a character. In the first two games, if a foe touches an electrified player, they take a bit of damage. In Super Paper Mario, it instead allows the player to temporarily paralyze enemies when touched, without taking damage themselves.

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Due to the game's combo system for certain items, the efficacy of the Volt Mushroom in Super Paper Mario can vary. At its absolute best, the effect can linger for a full forty seconds.

9 Boo Mushroom

Super Mario Galaxy

Super Mario Galaxy is known for its variety of mushrooms unseen anywhere else in the series. This is due in part to the gameplay being more reminiscent of Super Mario 64 than most games which use the series' conventional power-ups. The result was a variety of new, aesthetically pleasing mushrooms with unique abilities. This ghostly mushroom has a lot of utility. As a boo, the player can float, phase through various barriers, and even become intangible for a bit. Unfortunately, it also has a fair share of downsides.

While Boos are repulsed at the sight of Mario and Luigi normally, the characters' Boo versions are quite attractive to them. This leads them to be drawn to the brothres, rather than turning away once faced, as they normally do. If either brother is hit by a Boo, it will revert him to his regular form. The Boo Brothers are also vulnerable to light, which will make them lose their power-ups. Sadly, like a lot of Super Mario Galaxy power-ups, the Boo Mushroom's utility is hampered further by limited availability.

8 Propeller Mushroom

New Super Mario Bros.

This mushroom from New Super Mario Bros. Can give the player the power of temporary flight. While the Propeller Mushrooms can be slightly annoying to get in certain games, due to their propensity to fly a bit, they are ultimately quite fun to use.

The Super Mario games can involve leaps of faith, but each one is a bit less dreadful when the ability to fly all obstacles and dangers is on hand.

7 Drill Mushroom

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Mario players are well acquainted with the concept of going underground, but Super Mario Bros. Wonder added a fun twist to of this concept.

This fun mushroom allows the player to burrow through both the ground and the ceiling. While there is obviously a certain level of situational specificity at play, the Drill Mushroom is still quite useful for evading and attacking unsuspecting enemies.

6 Jelly Ultra

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

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Not every mushroom is readily available. Some, such as the Jelly Ultra, require a little extra preparation to be obtained. In Paper Mario, and its sequel, The Thousand-Year Door, each game's most beneficial mushroom can only be made through cooking.

The player must obtain both an Ultra Mushroom and a Jammin' Jelly, and then approach either Tayce T. Or Zess T. (Depending on the game) to cook the two items together. Once this is done, the player will have gained a mushroom which restores both 50 HP and 50 FP, which party members use to perform special moves.

5 Golden Dash Mushroom

Mario Kart

Mushrooms in Mario Kart are known for increasing the player's speed, and few are faster than this one. Unlike the regular mushroom, or pack of mushrooms, which can only be used once, the Golden Dash Mushroom can be used multiple times to continually speed past the competition.

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While commonly available in most games, it has, at times, been locked to certain racers, namely Toad, who has had it as a signature sort of Power-Up in Mario Kart installments where various characters have exclusive Power-Ups. Others who have had it in such circumstances include Toadette, King Boo, and Petey Pirahna. All four of them can utilize it in Mario Kart: Double Dash.

4 Max Mushroom

Mario & Luigi

Many mushrooms in Mario RPGs restore HP. The Mex Mushroom might be the best in that category. Despite its indistinct appearance, in a majority of the games it appears in, this mushroom can restore the entirety of the player's HP.

While later installments curb its power, making it heal only 160 or 240 HP, these respectably high numbers still allow it to be a useful item for this purpose.

3 5-UP

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Everyone loves 1-UPs, but Mario vs Donkey Kong had something five times better. The 5-UP can be found in minigames triggered by collecting all the presents.

\As the name implies, they give five extra lives. These items were done away with in the recent remake, but in their place, the player can collect multiple 1-Ups.

2 Mega Mushroom

New Super Mario Bros.

There's rarely ever a bad time for a Mega Mushroom, especially the variants on the Wii and DS. In New Super Mario Bros., this mushroom makes Mario a giant, allowing him to break nearly anything that touches him. The Mario Kart Wii version works similarly, growing the character and damaging most of what they come into contact with. Like most mushrooms in the Mario Kart games, it also provides a bit of a speed boost. Unfortunately, this limited invincibility is hampered by other, better power-ups, such as the Bullet Bill and the Star, which can still damage it.

While the iconic design for this mushroom debuted in New Super Mario Bros., it has existed since Mario Party 4. In this game, the player could use it to smash multiple dice and steal other players' coins. Although the exact effects of it change, the general unifying factor of the Mega Mushroom across games is its ability to make the player grow. That ability is so good, even the super mushroom utilizes it in games where the player does not have a smaller form, such as Super Mario 64 DS and the Super Smash Bros. Series.

1 Invincibility Mushroom

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

The best mushroom in the Mario series is not even from a Mario game, instead existing in the spin-off, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. Using certain power-ups in the Mario series can feel like cheating, because it basically is. More recent games tend to include items that make the player permanently invincible as an option, provided they continually have trouble with a level. The Invincibility Mushroom is one such item.

This rainbow mushroom destroys any foe the player collides with on contact for the duration of an entire level. While in the context of the game it may seem "cheap" to use such a difficulty-defying power-up, it is still technically the most beneficial mushroom in the greater Mario series.