Who’s the Oldest Fungus Among Us?

One of the largest and oldest living things on Earth, is a fungus. The honey mushrooms growing on trees in Crystal Falls Michigan, are part of a single 2500 year-old organism that stretches throughout 90 acres of forest and weighs 880,000 pounds. But it’s still a baby compared to the 8500 year-old, 2384 acre specimen in Oregon!

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