these are the Items you can touch or get

YELLOW POWER STAR=worth and effects=1 to your star counter and you will be sent out of the course unless you have gotten 100 coins and the star above you will just ask you if you want to save. The more of these that you get you will get access to new levels.
BLUE STAR=worth and effect=it just tells you that you already got the star already and it will send you out of the stage.
GOLD COIN=worth and effects= 1 health piece and 01 to your coin counter which is in the courses
RED COIN=worth and effects= 2 health pieces and 02 to your coin counter
BLUE COIN=worth and effects= 5 health pieces and 05 to your coin counter
SMALL BOX=effects=it will give you 03 to your coin counter
LARGE BOX=effects=it may give you 03 to your coin counter or nothing.
JUMPING BOX=effects=if you grab it it will do a barely controlled small bounce then a medium uncontrollable jump then a huge incontrollable jump and it brakes and gives you 05 to your coin counter.
GREEN SHELL=NOT in water=effects=you do some shell surfing.
GREEN SHELL=IN water=Effects=it will pull you under water for a short period of time.
BLUE COIN BLOCK=effects=it will make a certain amount of blue coins.
BROWN POISION BOX=effects=if you touch it at all it will hurt you!
GREEN ! BLOCK=effects=burst it open and the steel cap will apear! Put it on to make mario STEEL MARIO! This is my favorite cap and it lasts about 45 seconds.
RED ! BLOCK=effects=burst it open and the flying cap will apear! Put it on to make mario FLIGHT MARIO! This lasts about 1 minuit.
BLUE ! BLOCK=effects=burst it open and the invisicap will apear! This makes mario partly INVISIBLE.
SPINNING RECOVERY HEART=effects=The more times you make it spin the more health you get and these things don't disapear.