The Humongous Fungus Math

Armillaria ostoyae is common on both hardwood and conifer wood in forests west of the cascade.

The humongous fungus math. He suggested i visit the forest service office so off i went. Infected and newly dead trees sprout honey mushrooms in the fall and are easy to detect. The gentleman there had heard of it but couldn t find any information on it. At the forest service office.

Likely it is also the world s oldest organism as well estimated to be around 2 400 years 8 650 years old. He couldn t remember if he had ever visited it. Nearly 1 000 hectares big as many as 8 650 years old. I located the chamber of commerce office and went in to get the information on this interesting site.

Armillaria ostoyae synonym armillaria solidipes is a species of plant pathogenic fungus mushroom in the family physalacriaceae. When you realize this fungus spreads at one to three feet a year and you have something that large you can calculate the age filip said. The humongous fungus was in the top 20 sites to visit in grant county. The humongous fungus was discovered by taking samples from all the known infected trees in the park and comparing their fungal dna.

The fungus progress can be tracked by the expanding areas of dead and dying trees. It is the most common variant in the western united states of the group of species under the name armillaria mellea. Located in the blue mountains within the malheur national forest in eastern oregon armillaria ostoyae is an enormous organism dubbed the humongous fungus by scientists. This humongous fungus as.

Humongous fungus is almost as big as the mall of america by elizabeth pennisi oct. More commonly known as the honey mushroom or shoestring fungus the total mass of it is estimated to weigh at least 7 500 tons and maybe up to 35 000 tons.