Michigan's Upper Peninsula does have a "humongous fungus", Armillaria
bulbosa, in Crystal Falls Michigan estimated to cover 37 acres but this
is a just a bit shy of the 2,200 acres claimed to be covered in
Oregon's Strawberry Mountains by a Armillaria ostoyae.  If this is in
fact just one organism it would rival "Pando" the giant aspen grove in
Utah as the organism with the largest living biomass

John Pfeiffer
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michaelblied wrote:


>I thought I remembered such a fungus in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Kay Peterson
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>  Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 7:10 PM
>  Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] "Top 10 new species" list for 2008 includes
Snail and slug!
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>
>  Hi Andrew,
>
>  Interesting, about that largest organism.  Seems I heard some time
ago about a huge fungus(?) that underlies a large part of one of our
midwestern states.  Do you recall?
>
>  Kay Peterson
>
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