Sentences with phrase «humongous fungus»

Called the «humongous fungus,» a growth of Armillaria ostoyae now devastating areas of Oregon's Malheur National Forest consists of one huge organism linked together by nets of underground tendrils known as rhizomorphs.

Put another way, this humongous fungus would encompass 1,665 football fields, or nearly four square miles (10 square kilometers) of turf.

The largest of them all, dubbed the «humongous fungus», is a honey mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae).

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In fact, humongous may be in the nature of things for a fungus.