Mario's super-sized mushroom exists in real life

Mario's super-sized mushroom exists in real life While they actually power-up trees and not plumbers, the 40 year-old video game helped make toadstools mainstream. Mario's expansive world is modeled after the real-life mushroom'Amanita muscaria.' We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Nintendo's is undisputedly one the most iconic and successful video games ever made, with more than 58 million copies sold worldwide. Even if you've never played the original game or any of the hundreds of titles that span the expansive Mario Universe, you've undoubtedly seen Mario or his brother Luigi with their matching hats, dungarees, and mustaches, jumping up and breaking bricks to uncover fire flower or super mushroom power-ups along the way.