280 days of Urbpandemonium #154

[urbpan]

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[shellynoir]

ahhh....single mushroom is not the same as single fungus?

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141114-the-biggest-organism-in-the-world

[urbpan]

Correct, the fungus that produced the single largest mushroom was confined to one tree. The parasite in your link extends across an entire forest. It doubtlessly produces many mushrooms most years (although my own colony hasn't produced lately: http://urbpan.livejournal.com/1402415.html)