Who knew the real-life version of the Mario mushroom is bad for you?

[kirupa]

In the Mario games, the red/white mushroom helps you to go grow. The real life version looks like this and is totally not good for you:

Taken from the second entry here: 7 Poisonous Mushrooms and What Happens if You Eat Them

[travis]

So not the worst kind of mushroom to eat, I’d chomp this down over a death cap anyday.

[steve.mills]

Apparently Viking “berserkers” used pop those before going into battle…