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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]
The largest living fungus may be a honey fungus [25] of the species Armillaria ostoyae. [26] A mushroom of this type in the Malheur National Forest in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon, U.S. was found to be the largest fungal colony in the world, spanning 8.9 km 2 (2,200 acres) of area. [25] [27] This organism is estimated to be 2,400 years old.
The largest was apparently 83.5 cm (32.9 in) in height while being 40 cm (16 in) in width. [38] [39] 83.5 cm (32.9 in) in height Weight not stated. It was discovered by 81 year old Liu Dingsheng who states that it grew in only three days. An attempt was made to transplant the cluster to a safer location. Commonly called the Giant Mushroom.
Armillaria mellea Armillaria hinnulea. The basidiocarp (reproductive structure) of the fungus is a mushroom that grows on wood, typically in small dense clumps or tufts. Their caps (mushroom tops) are typically yellow-brown, somewhat sticky to touch when moist, and, depending on age, may range in shape from conical to convex to depressed in the center.
Aspropaxillus giganteus, formerly Leucopaxillus giganteus, commonly known as the giant leucopax (formerly as the giant clitocybe) or the giant funnel, is a saprobic species of fungus in the order Agaricales. As its common names imply, the fruit body, or mushroom, can become quite large—the cap reaches diameters
Prototaxites / ˌ p r oʊ t oʊ ˈ t æ k s ɪ t iː z / is an extinct genus of terrestrial fungi dating from the Late Silurian until the Late Devonian periods. [1] [2] Prototaxites formed large trunk-like structures up to 1 metre (3 ft) wide, reaching 8 metres (26 ft) in length, [3] made up of interwoven tubes around 50 micrometres (0.0020 in) in diameter, making it by far the largest land ...
Geastrum triplex has the largest fruit body of the earthstar mushrooms. [14] The immature fruit body is typically 1 to 5 cm (1 ⁄ 2 to 2 in) in diameter, and up to 8 to 9 cm (3 + 1 ⁄ 4 to 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) broad (Roody gives a larger value here, up to 11.5 cm) [13] after the rays have spread out.
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 )