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. A Facebook post from July 20 about the Armillaria is one of the latest ...

Buried beneath the pine trees of eastern Oregon lies the largest living organism ever discovered. Nicknamed the “Humongous Fungus,” this ancient lifeform stretches across more than 2,000 acres of ...

The title of the largest organism on Earth is often attributed to Armillaria ostoyae, a vast fungus located in Oregon’s Malheur National Forest. Commonly known as the “humongous fungus,” this organism ...

Atop a low ridge in the heart of Oregon's Blue Mountains, Michael McWilliams pushes through brittle branches and scrambles over toppled logs and decay. Bare trunks tower overhead, but the U.S. Forest ...