2007-03-03 09:36:35 · 9 answers · asked by rayrussman 1 in Environment
What is probably the largest living organism on earth has been discovered in the Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon. A fungus living three feet underground is estimated to cover 2,200 acres. After testing samples from various locations, scientists say it is all one organism.
2007-03-03 10:07:08 · answer #1 · answered by Pramod 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The largest living organism is the Blue whale
2007-03-03 09:47:52 · answer #2 · answered by Other sheep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The largest organism is an underground mushroom extending over 2 miles!
2007-03-03 09:49:58 · answer #3 · answered by macewindu564 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that a peat bog in the Northeast is the largest single living thing known. I forget exactly where it is, but it is supposed to cover more than 20 square miles.
2007-03-03 11:54:04 · answer #4 · answered by correrafan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Naming the international's greatest organism is complicated by potential of what you define as an "organism". specific invertebrates, jointly with coral and fungus, combination into collectives stated as superorganisms. hence, the international's greatest superorganism, the great Barrier Reef, in specific circumstances gets the call. there is likewise a fungus stated as Armillaria ostoyae, or the honey mushroom, that varieties fungal mats as long as 8.9 km² (2200 sq. acres or 3.5 sq. miles), in spite of the actuality that there is conflict of words to regardless of if the excellent mat qualifies as a single organism. the biggest occasion of this fungus could nicely be present day in a nationwide woodland in Oregon. it somewhat is expected to be 2,4 hundred years previous. in case you ask which of course guy or woman greatest organism gets the call, it falls to the huge Sequoia stated as wide-unfold Sherman, which will nicely be present day in California. it somewhat is commonly commonly used on the international's greatest organism. It has a quantity of a million,489 cubic meters, or fifty two,583 cubic ft. in spite of this, pages referencing the Oregonian honey mushroom rank optimal for Google searches for "greatest organism".
2016-10-17 04:59:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Blue Whale!
2007-03-03 09:48:56 · answer #6 · answered by anonymous 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have herd it is a fungus .Living under ground in a forest. It is suppose to be very large in diameter. Where it is I don't remember sorry. Maybe someone Else can help you.
Happy caving Carroll
2007-03-03 13:16:59 · answer #7 · answered by Carroll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't forget about those redwoods!
2007-03-03 10:02:00 · answer #8 · answered by jarrow t 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a fungus
2007-03-03 09:47:49 · answer #9 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋