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Giant fungus found in China
BBC News ^ | 07/28/2013 | BBC

Posted on 07/29/2013 7:11:00 PM PDT by TexGrill

A giant fungus the size of a tyre has been found by villagers in China's Jianshui County.

The large clump of mushrooms, which weighed more than 15 kilograms and measured nearly a metre in diameter, was proudly put on display by the finder.

It is not known what type of fungus it is or whether the mushrooms are safe to eat.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Food; Gardening; Health/Medicine; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: china; chinaeconomy; cryptobiology; cryptobotany; fungusamongus
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To: Revolting cat!

funigi ping


21 posted on 07/29/2013 8:42:08 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: TexGrill

If it can’t be sauted in butter then cover a steak, what’s the big deal.


22 posted on 07/29/2013 9:27:08 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (I'm going Galt)
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23 posted on 07/30/2013 2:22:58 AM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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24 posted on 07/30/2013 2:38:20 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Palin was right (again)!)
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To: TexGrill

If it’s a truffle it could be worth 6 figures!


25 posted on 07/30/2013 2:42:40 AM PDT by Drago
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26 posted on 07/30/2013 2:45:15 AM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: cripplecreek

Not Washington, Oregon.http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus


27 posted on 07/30/2013 2:51:53 AM PDT by djf (Rich widows: My Bitcoin address is... 1ETDmR4GDjwmc9rUEQnfB1gAnk6WLmd3n6)
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To: TexGrill
Giant fungus found in China

I thought they were vacationing in the Vineyard.

28 posted on 07/30/2013 4:12:58 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: TexGrill

If the Chinese won’t eat it I damn sure won’t try it!


29 posted on 07/30/2013 8:11:54 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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