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, 200-ton blue whale. Based on its current growth rate, the fungus is estimated to be 2,400 years old but could be as ancient as 8,650 years, which would earn it a place among the oldest living organisms as well.
Terence McKenna probably would have had something witty and thought-provoking to say about this . . .
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One of the wittiest tings TM said in relation to mushrooms came - so he said - from the mushroom itself: " This used to be a nice neighborhood until you monkeys got out of hand."
Ah, but would he say it before or after smoking it?
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