Scientists say the humongous fungus in eastern Oregon is the largest single living organism in the world. They’ve dug out samples far and wide, and in every spot they find more fungus. It’s not just the same type of fungus. DNA testing has convinced the scientists this is the largest single living organism in the world.
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Strange but True: The Largest Organism on Earth Is a Fungus. The blue whale is big, but nowhere near as huge as a sprawling fungus in eastern Oregon. Share on Facebook.
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Giant Honey Mushroom Beats Fungus Found in China: Largest in the World [VIDEO] Oregon may take the crown with its giant honey mushroom being the largest in the world, but a giant mushroom has been found in the Yunnan province of China. China’s Yunnan province is known as the “Kingdom of Mushrooms” for its rich diversity of more than 600 species of edible fungi.
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Oregon Humongous Fungus Sets Record As Largest Single Living Organism On Earth. by Vince Patton Follow OPB | Feb. 12, 2015 8:30 p.m. | Updated: Oct. 5, 2016 7:06 a.m.
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The world’s “biggest living thing” was first reported in August 2000 to be the honey mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae) of Oregon. It covers 2200 acres and is estimated to be over 2400 years old. It was discovered in the late 1990s using aerial photos and through DNA testing cultures from 112 dying trees.
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Strange but True: The Largest Organism on Earth Is a Fungus. Next time you purchase white button mushrooms at the grocery store, just remember, they may be cute and bite-size but they have a relative out west that occupies some 2,384 acres (965 hectares) of soil in Oregon's Blue Mountains.
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The story included with the photo reads: Oregon’s monster mushroom is world’s biggest living thing. The largest living organism ever found has been discovered in an ancient American forest. The Armillaria ostoyae, popularly known as the honey mushroom, started from a single spore too small to see without a microscope.
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Walking through the Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon. you would be hard pressed to notice it. But a fungus spreading. through the roots of trees now covers 2,200 acres, making it the. largest living organism ever found. Popularly known as the honey mushroom, the Armillaria ostoyae started from a single spore too small to see without a microscope and has been weaving its black shoestring filaments through the forest for an estimated 2,400 years, killing trees as it grows.
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Until now, the largest known organism was another Armillaria ostoyae found in 1992 in Washington State. It covered 1,500 acres near Mount Adams. “We just decided to go out looking for one bigger than the last claim,” Filip said.
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Oregon may take the crown with its giant honey mushroom being the largest in the world, but a giant mushroom has been found in the Yunnan province of China. According to CS Monitor: China’s Yunnan province is known as the “Kingdom of Mushrooms” for its rich diversity of more than 600 species of edible fungi.
http://heavy.com/news/2013/07/giant-honey-mushroom-oregon-china-largest-world-video-fungus/
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