Except thry are explicitly referred to as amanita. While some species of amanitas are edible, eating only a tiny amount of a poisonous species can be deadly. Most experienced mushroom hunters avoid amanitas for this reason. Not likely food..

You ever play Super Mario RPG? The mushrooms in the forest are called amanita. I think that at least says something. Santa Clause, flying reindeer, Mario wears red. Idk…

The original game had “magic mushrooms” in it.

Right, the headline was bit jokey. But it’s certainly about something psychoactive, though not about contemporary drug culture.

furthermore the psychoactive amanita muscaria is red with white dots. very distinct. and very similar to the “get bigger” mushroom
ancient pagans were known to take and celebrate the amanita muscaria, so yes the stories he was referencing were probably referring to pyschoactive mushrooms.
But lets be real for a second here.
Drug culture in japan is such a -no- that he was almost 100% inspired by the mystical aspect of ancient stories, and the design choice was likely purely aesthetic. not to be a party pooper here. but in no timeline does Miyamoto take psychoactive mushrooms and becomes inspired to make super mario bros.

Right, but I surmise that the fairy tales Miyamoto is talking about involve mushroom with psychological effects.