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I was hoping this would be about Oregon’s “humongous fungus”, which would seem to be larger than this in every metric (3.5 square miles vs 0.15; 7,500+ tons vs
by basil-rash 2y ago
I was hoping this would be about Oregon’s “humongous fungus”, which would seem to be larger than this in every metric (3.5 square miles vs 0.15; 7,500+ tons vs ~6,000). Unfortunately it makes for a far less impressive tourist attraction than it sounds – especially when you drive 8 hours to get there just for it to be covered in a foot of snow! (still a beautiful trip I do not regret in any way, a must for anyone in PNW).
https://thatoregonlife.com/2020/01/largest-organism-humongous-fungus/ https://thatoregonlife.com/2020/01/largest-organism-humongou...
- mikeInAlaska 2y agoI bet the Earth chuckles at our attempts to label either of these the largest living things. I guess as Guinness Book entries go, these will do until something surpasses them. I've got to think that there is a more massive fungus in the Amazon for example.
- leononame 2y agoIs the humongous fungus bigger than Pando? I had heard that Pando is the biggest living thing on earth some time ago. By which degree does this article make Pando bigger than the humongous fungus? Edit: Wikipedia agrees with the article saying that Pando is considered the biggest organism by mass. But it also says the humongous fungus could be up to 35000 tons, which is almost six times Pando's mass
- basil-rash 2y agoWikipedia only says it’s the largest tree by mass.