Deep in the loamy soil of forests around the world, there exists a fungus called the honey mushroom that makes its living on death. A parasite that preys on weak trees, it sucks its victims dry of ...

A single organism in eastern Oregon has been quietly consuming a forest for an estimated 2,400 years, and it now ranks as the ...

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 ...

The title of the largest organism on Earth is often attributed to Armillaria ostoyae, a vast fungus located in Oregon’s Malheur National Forest. Commonly known as the “humongous fungus,” this organism ...

Atop a low ridge in the heart of Oregon's Blue Mountains, Michael McWilliams pushes through brittle branches and scrambles over toppled logs and decay. Bare trunks tower overhead, but the U.S. Forest ...

CRYSTAL FALLS, Mich (WJMN) — Every year, people gather in the town of Crystal Falls in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in the name of one thing: fungus. This year, the Humongous Fungus Fest is set to take ...