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I thought it was an undecided contest between Pando (aspen grove) and the humongous fungus. https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/05/08/310259300/a-questi
by kbutler 9y ago
I thought it was an undecided contest between Pando (aspen grove) and the humongous fungus. https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/05/08/310259300/a-question-of-biggitude-what-s-the-largest-creature-on-earth https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/05/08/310259300/a...
For visual appeal and as a potential tourist destination, Pando wins hands down (especially lovely in autumn). But I guess as a food supply, the fungus wins.
- ztjio 9y agoThe argument against Pando is that it's fractured into many smaller parts that are no longer connected.
- jessriedel 9y agoIt doesn't sound from the article like they've shown that the fungus is connected, does it? Rather, they just got evidence that infections from genetically identical funguses were ~2 km apart, and that genetically identical funguses generally fuse together if they mechanically grow into each other.
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agoit all depends on definitions...