The article references a mushroom body as the largest on earth [0], which is true by area. But the largest by mass is a stand of aspen trees [1]. Because aspe

The article references a mushroom body as the largest on earth [0], which is true by area. But the largest by mass is a stand of aspen trees [1]. Because aspen clones can regenerate vegetatively from their underground roots, they in some ways can be thought of as "a fungus with tree-like appendages" (I forgot where I read that, sadly). [0] http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141114-the-biggest-organism-in-the-world http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141114-the-biggest-organism... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)