Invisible Giants: Discovering the World's Largest Living Organism written on an eighth grade leve...
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Discover the unseen giant beneath Oregon's Malheur National Forest! Meet the Armillaria ostoyae, famously known as the "Humongous Fungus." This extraordinary organism isn't something you can spot above ground like trees or animals, but it’s the world's largest living being, sprawling over 2,385 acres underground. Believed to be over 2,000 years old, it weaves through the forest’s soil, connecting to trees, extracting nutrients, and sometimes, inadvertently causing them harm. Despite this, the Humongous Fungus plays a crucial role in the forest ecosystem, efficiently recycling nutrients back into the soil, contributing to the life cycle of the forest. Take a moment to appreciate that as you wander through the woods, incredible giants are thriving silently beneath your feet, unseen yet immensely influential in the ecosystem's balance.
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