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- Sphonix, on 10/12/2007, -9/+197Now imagine how big Mario would be if he ate THAT mushroom!
- Akaji, on 10/12/2007, -3/+45You know, if they're edible but not tasty, why are they called honey mushrooms? That's just plain false advertising!
- sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33My giant badgers will be most pleased with this development. Ooooh, look, it's a snake..
- S7evyn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29The Great Barrier Reef is a collection of organisms, not one giant one.
EDIT: abbott75, you beat me. - abbott75, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23Maybe this is ONE great big shroom, but the Reef is made of many smaller corals?
- dazbollocks, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19In soviet russia...
Sorry. - Silencer7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Honey Shroom: Honey Syrup + Mushroom (any type) --> 5 HP and 5 FP
- fatlip, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16class action lawsuit!
- CatalystGhost, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11@Deepjoy
No, we got it. But we've "gotten it" in every single other digg story. We're sick of it. No one ever wants to hear it again. - ggarenn, on 10/12/2007, -9/+20the mushrooms look kinda like diseased penises
- Yage2006, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Maybe the mushroom will eat you :)
- knivesdev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9This reminds me of an episode of the X-Files where Mulder and Scully were almost eaten by a giant fungus.
- Derter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmHkC2JM53c
Remember me this. Was on digg a couple of month ago. brrr.. - Kale, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5^ SPOILER WARNING
Dangit, newpunk. I'm just getting to that season. - SSCrow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Huh, And here I thought that Aspen Trees were the Largest Living thing. Since an entire mountain side can be a side root system.
- hungryduck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"A fungus among us"
- orientis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I just watched that last night. Season 6, Field Trip.
- mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_%28tree%29
Pando (or The Trembling Giant[1]) is a clonal colony of a single male Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) tree located in the U.S. state of Utah, all determined to be part of a single living organism by identical genetic markers,[2] and one massive underground root system. The plant is estimated to weigh collectively 6,000 tonnes (six million kilograms),[3] placing it as the heaviest known organism in existence.[4] The root system of Pando is estimated to be among the oldest known living organisms in existence at 80,000 years of age.[5] - simpleid, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6An episode of the x-files may have been inspired by this mushroom species (well the other mushroom actually) and LSD, one of the most memorable episodes. :D
- washcapsfan37, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Not only are you a retard, but a particularly slow-witted one even among retards. Not only is that joke already been made, but it consistently gets dugg down every time it's made.
A more hip (although still very, very lame) joke would be to refer to the buried car article recently:
"Will it run?" - CeltiCowboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5They are called Honey Mushrooms because of the color - and they are not only edible, they are considered choice. Whoever wrote this missed that fact entirely. They are very delicious, though a small percentage of people are allergic. They should not be eaten raw. We are thrilled when they fruit around here, though we have many more of their smaller cousin, the ringless honey mushroom.
- All4not, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I say we fry it up anyways.
- badken, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Bah, those aren't big mushrooms. HERE are some big mushrooms:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/images/screenshots/ss152.jpg
(yes, I'm shameless) - raz3000, on 10/12/2007, -12/+15What about the coral of the Great Barrier Reef?
- Ystig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Amanita Muscaria is widespread in many regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including North America, and is hallucinogenic (though it has unpleasant digestive side-effects). People do occasionally consume it, but virtually never sell it. And psilocybe (the more common 'magic mushroom') grows wild in neotropical regions of North America. The general wisdom tends to be that possessing such mushrooms found wild is not inhrerently illegal unless they are dried, at which point one is considered to have 'refined' the substance for use.
- washcapsfan37, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Thanks a lot. Now we're gonna have "In Russia, mushrooms eat you!" jokes...
- CeltiCowboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The fungus itself - the "huge" part - is the mycellium that grows underground and up into trees. Dig down and you find all these brown structures you'll probably just think are roots. Some parts are white. What we call mushrooms are the fruiting bodies that pop above ground. Honey mushrooms are from 1/2 inch to almost 6 inches across and 4 to 8 inches tall. They can seem to be growing out of the ground, but generally grow out of the roots and sides of the infected trees. Can also grow out of fallen logs.
- rubberpants, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I thought Oprah was the largest living thing.
- a22e, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4yeah, i seen that x-files.
- snorri, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I hate these kind of shows, the don't get to the action 'till the end. It's like 20 seconds of interesting stuff and 3 minutes of "experts" talking out of their ass.
- mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Not just Russia, Soviet Russia.
- datastorageguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2your mama is so fat she has a 100 acre underground spore system..
- skatingrox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It kinda depends on whether you determine size by total square area covered or total mass...
- devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hm, I thought I just saw a BBC thing that said the largest living thing was this enormous tree they call General Sherman, supposed to weigh as much as 10 blue whales. Maybe they were excluding fungus cause fungi are weird...
- cderry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@wash
The joke was already made. Read up ^ - sprungbt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In the realm of 'fair', I should have posted more than a movie link. I also apparently failed in 'read between the lines' (showing how conditioning plays a role in individual observation). The movie came from here:
http://www.flyingsnail.com/Scrapbook/page007.html
and here is the text:
Video Is Worth A Million Words?
Within multilevel realms of "picture equals thousand words", the following videos present one aspect of corporate media's influence and conditioning on viewers as a negative tentacle of EEC.
[Note: In advance of viewing, 'some' will understand these short (5 minute) movies better than 'others' due to practical experience, but do not let that stop you from watching.]
The first piece (an episode of a very popular '50s TV show called, "Father Knows Best") was required for a Broadcast Communication course (demographics, geo_demographics, and subliminal advertisement) many, many years ago.
On the surface,, the entire piece could give one the impression it was about making a pubescent 'tomboy' popular within local society; however, when 'fluff' is eliminated, there is an obvious moral direction...or reconditioning suggesting, 'Girls Who Don't Act Like Girls,' have the potential to become ??? Lesbians?
What Are THEY Really Trying To Say ? [14.1 MB]
http://www.flyingsnail.com/Scrapbook/video/FatherKnowsBest.mov
[snip]
I added the movie link to show how people's heads have potentially been 'messed with' by television and how the result enters back into society.
my bad. - cderry, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Mario comments already run into the ground.
- yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1smuf live there?
- WKStone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes. I would believe it's a Honey Mushroom.
- Xinareiaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Can you imagine cleaning up the spores falling from those things?
- SteelChicken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1We grow turgid....violence ensues.
- sirloin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1the most massive is the quaking pines, also in the us..
this is the largest by land area. - Kale, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Super Mario RPG! :D
- noahwass, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Looks like that tree has 4 woodies!
- Matri, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Juffo-Wup!
- FJR1300, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&z=8&ll=44.453389,-118.613892&spn=1.913509,3.702393&t=h&om=1
Area around John Day. Mahluer isn't shown, but the lake is nearby. - reason78, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1
Damn, this thing is gonna require A LOT of crabs to stuff it. - Trenton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They could build a city on this mushroom! It would be like the (smurfs?)
- shortcircuit13, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Coral is made up of countless numbers of tiny organisms. If you look at coral closely, you'll notice tiny "pores" in it. Each pore contains an individual organism.
This thing is one 2,200-acre organism. Amazing. - JimmyDushku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Only to her audience.
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