数千年前，蜜环菌属的奥氏蜜环菌（Armillaria ostoyae）把它的一个孢子播种到了如今的俄勒冈地区，随后开始不停生长。“它生长得非常非常成功。” ...

奥氏蜜环菌(Armillaria ostoyae)，日常又称蜂蜜蘑菇，它比鲸鱼和大象都要大，被认为是地球上最大，最古老的生物。迄今为止，人类发现的最大一株 ...

奥氏蜜环菌(Armillaria ostoyae)，日常又称蜂蜜蘑菇，它比鲸鱼和大象都要大，被认为是地球上最大，最古老的生物。迄今为止，人类发现的最大一株生长在美国俄勒冈州Malheur国家森林。它占地3726563平方米(直径约700m)，估计已有8650岁。 蘑菇不仅仅是地面上看到的茎 ...

这个学名为奥氏蜜环菌(Armillaria ostoyae)的巨型真菌是在1998年被发现的，它的出现刷新了世界最大生物的纪录，而在此前，人们公认世界最大的生物是 ...

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

The discovery of this giant Armillaria ostoyae in 1998 heralded a new record holder for the title of the world's largest known organism, believed by most to be the 110-foot- (33.5-meter-) long ...

Here’s a fun fact: The world’s largest organism isn’t a well-fed elephant or a blue whale or even a giant sequoia. It’s a fungus. These images have attracted numerous visitors to Oregon ...

While the "world's largest mushroom" may conjure up images of one single enormous spore, Armillaria ostoyae, or the honey mushroom, is actually a sprawling organism that covers acres of forest floor.

Meet Armillaria ostoyae, or, as it's nicknamed, the Humongous Fungus. It's an organism that covers 2,385 acres (almost 4 square miles) of the Malheur National Forest in Oregon. But it's a lot more ...