Size isn’t always visible. The largest living thing on Earth isn’t a giant animal or towering plant; it’s a hidden fungus ...

A giant fungus, Armillaria ostoyae, lives beneath Oregon's Blue Mountains. This single organism spans over 2,300 acres. It consists of a network of mycelium, feeding on dead wood. The mushrooms ...

Aptly named the Humongous Fungus, this gargantuan entity comprises interconnected strands of Armillaria solidipes, formerly known as Armillaria ostoyae. With an estimated age ranging from 2,400 to ...

These fungal networks can extend over vast areas—the largest known organism on Earth is actually a honey fungus (Armillaria ostoyae) in Oregon that spans 2.4 miles (3.8 kilometers) across.

Armillaria mellea component armillarikin induces apoptosis in human leukemia cells. J. Funct. Foods 6: 196–204, 2014. Web of Science, Google Scholar Chen, Y.J., C.C. Chen and H.L. Huang . Induction of ...

State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application and Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, ...

1 Plant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary 2 Department of Plant Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary The detection ...