In China, scientists have found the largest mushroom, which belongs to the tinder fungus (F. Ellipsoidea). The weight of its fruiting body is about 500 kg, the length of macromycetes reaches about 10 meters, and about 80 cm wide. According to preliminary estimates, his age is at least 20 years. It contains 450 million spores.
Pipes are mushrooms that grow on wood and soil. Outwardly, they differ from the “classical” macromycetes. Their fruiting bodies, as a rule, are rigid and flat plates. Discovered in China, the largest fungus tinder fungus for a long time grew underground, therefore, remained hidden from view. This allowed the macromycete to grow to such a huge size. Scientists who found the mushroom say that there are a lot of polypore in the area, but no one has ever found such gigantic specimens. They claim that they simply studied the local macromycetes and accidentally stumbled upon a strange brown hill. With a more detailed study, he turned out to be a huge tinder funder.
However, biologists found the largest mushroom in the world in the relict forests of the USA. He is considered the largest living creature on the planet. However, if the reader imagines a mushroom the size of a cottage, then he will be disappointed. Macromycete honey honey or dark honey (Armillaria ostoyae) fits easily in the hand and is not too noticeable. It's all about the area of mycelium, which has been growing in Oregon forests for about 2500 years, destroying the root systems of trees on its way. Therefore, the mushroom is considered a monster. His mycelium, which is a single organism, occupied 880 hectares of area of one of the national parks in Oregon. Its tentacles are located underground and entangle the territory, equal in size to 1665
football fields. Therefore, this macromycete is considered the largest on the planet.
Of course, many will be interested in the question, is it possible to eat the largest mushroom? Oregon biologist Tina Dreisbach argues that honey agaric is edible. However, there would be a “monster" she would not advise. Tina says that even though the mushroom is called honey, it tastes completely sweet and can only be eaten with a lot of garlic and butter.
For American biologists, the main task now is to learn how to control the growth of mycelium macromycetes. Because the largest mushrooms in the world like honey honey can nullify entire forests. The problem also lies in the fact that macromycete has developed more than one thousand years in a natural way. Therefore, interruption of its development may adversely affect the ecosystem of Oregon forests. Scientists are still studying the body and trying to predict the consequences of any action. Photos of the largest mushroom can be seen in this article.
If we talk about traditional macromycetes in the usual sense, then Macrocybe Titans, which grows in the Caribbean and the USA, can be called the leader in size. In 2007, a specimen was found in one of the southern Mexican states, the mass of which was 20 kg, and its height was about 70 cm. However, this finding is not the only one. In 2005, a mushroom was found in the United States, the weight of which was equal to as much as 28 kilograms. Such large sizes make this macromycete an object of close attention of the scientific community.