1-Up Mushroom

1-Up Mushrooms (sometimes parsed as 1 up Mushrooms, 1UP Mushrooms, or 1-UP Mushrooms) are green mushrooms that give the player an extra life. They are usually the rarest mushrooms, but they can still be found in almost every game a Super Mushroom has appeared in, and even some it has not. 1-Up Mushrooms are usually found in hidden blocks or in risky places for the player. They always grant the player a positive effect when collected.

Description
1-Up Mushrooms have a green cap with white spots (originally orange caps with green spots). They are usually hidden in invisible Brick Blocks, Question Blocks or hard-to-reach areas. They give the player an extra life upon being collected, in some games, 1-Up Mushrooms are also used as a means of reviving those that are dead or have been KO'd. 1-Up Mushrooms can also be earned by winning them from minigames and other events. Originally, 1-Up Mushrooms were by far one of the rarest items and were critical to succeeding however more recent games have made 1-Up Mushrooms more common making typical adventuring easier.

The 1-Up Mushroom is commonly depicted as an emerald green mushroom with light green spots and white stem.

Since their debut, there have been various types of Mushrooms with similar effects to the 1-Up Mushroom. These include the Life Shroom from the Paper Mario series (which revives a fallen ally with some HP), the Life Mushroom (as well as the Life-Up Heart) which increases the Health Meter's maximum health amount. The 1-Up Super from the Mario & Luigi series is a much stronger variety of the 1-Up Mushroom.

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