as small as a world and as large as alone

7:19am March 17, 2012

fata–morgana:

HUMONGOUS FUNGUS!!!!

With only its occasional visible offshoots, pictured above, the Armillaria Ostoyae, commonly known at the Honey Mushroom, is the largest living organism on earth. It’s black, spiny, subterranean tendrils have spread almost 4 square miles in the forest of Oregon’s Blue Mountains. This single organism is at least 2,400 years old. Possibly more.

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