In Oregon’s Blue Mountains, patches of dying trees once looked like separate outbreaks, scattered across ridges and drainages as if disease had struck at random. Instead, scientists found something ...

Here’s a fun fact: The world’s largest organism isn’t a well-fed elephant or a blue whale or even a giant sequoia. It’s a fungus. A Facebook post from July 20 about the Armillaria is one of the latest ...

Beyond its size, Armillaria ostoyae is known for its destructive behavior. It is a parasite, invading healthy trees and gradually killing them by feeding on their roots and internal structures. Greg ...

The Facebook page “Hippie House,” a community “founded to bring light and positivity to our followers through original content, art, and inspiring articles” and financially supported by selling “the ...

A giant fungus, Armillaria ostoyae, lives beneath Oregon's Blue Mountains. This single organism spans over 2,300 acres. It consists of a network of mycelium, feeding on dead wood. The mushrooms are ...

This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Under the Blue Mountains of Oregon lurks something massive and prehistoric. Yet the largest recorded ...