what is the largest organism in the world?

Answer 1

its a big old tree called General Sherman!....


Naming the world's largest organism is complicated by what you define as an "organism". Certain invertebrates, such as coral and fungus, aggregate into collectives called superorganisms. Hence, the world's largest superorganism, the Great Barrier Reef, sometimes gets the title.

There is also a fungus called Armillaria ostoyae, or the honey mushroom, that forms fungal mats as long as 8.9 km² (2200 square acres or 3.5 square miles), although there is disagreement as to whether the entire mat qualifies as a single organism. The largest example of this fungus can be found in a national forest in Oregon. It is estimated to be 2,400 years old.

If you ask which obviously individual largest organism receives the title, it falls to the Giant Sequoia called General Sherman, which can be found in California. This is generally accepted at the world's largest organism. It has a volume of 1,489 cubic meters, or 52,583 cubic feet. Despite this, pages referencing the Oregonian honey mushroom rank highest for Google searches for "largest organism".

Answer 2

The Aspen Tree "Pando", it is connected underground via a giant network of roots, by mass at least, it is the 'largest' in terms of heaviest, known organism in the world. Note: The Honey Fungus mentioned is BELIEVED to be the largest by area but disputed because it is believed only 20-30% of the fungi is believed to be fully connected by the mycelia, meaning it is not a single connected clonal organism. There hasn't been enough research into the Honey Fungus of the Blue Mountains to determine if it is in fact the largest single organism. Therefore it is speculative. The General Sherman tree is the largest single stem tree in terms of volume, in terms of height it is Coast Redwood. Just thought I would make this note due to the contrariety of answers and the unknown definition you intended by largest.

Answer 3

blue whale is the largest animal but there are much larger trees. the largest organism is debatable as the distinction between organisms and clonal colonies can be hard to make.

Answer 4

The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef (stretching 2,000 km)

Answer 5

In the US exists an hallimasch which covers 8.9 km^2 and with a weight more than 600 t.

Answer 6

blue whale is largest mammal and i don't believe there is any creature larger currently.
but there is also giant sqid competing(non have been found alive and little is known of them) which could be found to be larger again.

Answer 7

Past - Dinosaur
Current - Whale

Answer 8

Mushroom

Answer 9

Actually, it's a fungus--Armillaria ostoyae (honey fungus) in Oregon. It would take up 1,665 football fields.

Answer 10

the blue whale