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  2. Armillaria - Wikipedia

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    Armillarias are long-lived and form the largest living fungi in the world. [1] The largest known organism (of the species Armillaria ostoyae) covers more than 3.4 square miles (8.8 km 2) in Oregon's Malheur National Forest and is estimated to be 2,500 years old. [2] [3] Some species of Armillaria display bioluminescence, resulting in foxfire.

  3. Armillaria ostoyae - Wikipedia

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    Another specimen in northeastern Oregon's Malheur National Forest is possibly the largest living organism on Earth by mass, area, and volume – this contiguous specimen covers 3.7 square miles (2,400 acres; 9.6 km 2) and is colloquially called the "Humongous fungus". [2]

  4. Largest organisms - Wikipedia

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    The fungus was written about in the April 2003 issue of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research. If this colony is considered a single organism, then it is the largest known organism in the world by area, and rivals the aspen grove "Pando" as the known organism with the highest living biomass.

  5. List of longest-living organisms - Wikipedia

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    "Humongous Fungus", an individual of the clonal subterranean fungal species Armillaria solidipes in Oregon's Malheur National Forest, is thought to be between 2,000 and 8,500 years old. [48] [49] Apart from its extreme age, it is also thought to be the world's largest organism by area, at 2,384 acres (965 hectares).

  6. Largest fungal fruit bodies - Wikipedia

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    The largest identified fungal fruit body in the world is a specimen of Phellinus ellipsoideus (formerly Fomitiporia ellipsoidea). The species was discovered in 2008 by Bao-Kai Cui and Yu-Cheng Dai in Fujian Province, China. In 2011, the two of them published details of extremely large fruit body of the species that they had found on Hainan Island

  7. Malheur National Forest - Wikipedia

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    Armillaria - among the largest organisms on earth [ edit ] The Malheur National Forest contains the largest known organism (by area) in the Northern Hemisphere: an Armillaria ostoyae ( fungus ) that spans 2,200 acres (8.9 km 2 ) and is located high on a ridgeline immediately west of Clear Creek ( 44°28′23″N 118°28′54″W  /  44. ...

  8. Pando (tree) - Wikipedia

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    Pando (from Latin pando 'I spread') [1] is the world's largest tree, a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) located in Sevier County, Utah, United States, in the Fishlake National Forest. A male clonal organism , Pando has an estimated 47,000 stems (ramets) that appear to be individual trees, but are connected by a root system that spans 42.8 ha ...

  9. Humongous Fungus - Wikipedia

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    Humongous Fungus (a colloquial name given to large mushrooms) may refer to: An Armillaria ostoyae specimen in Malheur National Forest in Oregon, covering 3.4 square miles (8.8 km 2 ) An Armillaria gallica specimen in Michigan, covering 37 acres (0.058 sq mi; 0.15 km 2 )