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Scientists have identified the Godzilla of fungi, a giant, prehistoric fossil that has evaded classification for more than a century, U.S. researchers said on Monday. A chemical analysis has shown that the 20-foot-tall (6-metre) organism with a tree-like trunk was a fungus that became extinct more than 350 million years ago, according to a study appearing in the May issue of the journal Geology. Read the full article at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18278429/
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Wouldn't that make a nice pot of mushroom soup?
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It did! I think it's called petroleum.  ~SA
Pyrolysis creates reduced carbon! ...Time for the next step in our evolutionary symbiosis with fire.
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Daniels posting reminded me of the largest living thing in the World. A living fungus growing in Oregon.
Its probably older than the Californian Bristle Cone pine tree, that was born well before Christ and still growing.
What is probably the largest living organism on earth has been discovered in the Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon. A fungus living three feet underground is estimated to cover 2,200 acres. After testing samples from various locations, scientists say it is all one organism.
Officially known as Armillaria ostoyae, or the honey mushroom, the fungus is 3.5 miles across and takes up 1,665 football fields
Experts estimate that the giant mushroom is at least 2,400 years old, but could be 7,200 years old.
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Sorry- forgot URL on Giant alive Fungus http://www.infoplease.com/spot/fungus1.htmlMike Kremer.
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"Officially known as Armillaria ostoyae, or the honey mushroom, the fungus is 3.5 miles across and takes up 1,665 football fields." -MK
Hey Mike, they had your fungus on Mad TV this week.
After talking about the "Honey mushroom," in a "Stargazer" take-off; the guy, in a Horkheimer-like voice, ended with "That's ooone HHumuNGUS FUNGUS!
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Honey mushrooms are edible. Quite tasty, in fact.
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"Officially known as Armillaria ostoyae, or the honey mushroom, the fungus is 3.5 miles across and takes up 1,665 football fields." -MK
Hey Mike, they had your fungus on Mad TV this week.
After talking about the "Honey mushroom," in a "Stargazer" take-off; the guy, in a Horkheimer-like voice, ended with "That's ooone HHumuNGUS FUNGUS! Hehehe, sounds like fun. (Un)fortunately, I am not a subscriber to Mad TV or U-Tube, But I am sure if you contact the program, with the idea of digging up a lump of 5000 year old 'Honey mushroom'...in real time,- to fry, cook and eat it, they will be more than happy to oblige? I suggest, Amaranth tastes Armillaria first! Precaution? Mike Kremer
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Mmm! Honey Mushroom! Yum! I've tasted them before.
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