A fungus larger than a toddler was found in China, but there are even huger monster mushrooms out there.
The fungus was discovered in a Puxiong Township of China's Yunnan province, The Telegraph reported.
Over 100 caps attached to a base stem, bringing the mushroom to 33 pounds, and 36 inches long.
The giant mushroom's species is unknown, so it may or may not be safe to eat.
"I guess this mushroom can be entered into the Guinness World Records," a resident said.
While quite impressive, the fungus behemoth is not the largest in the world. An Armillaria ostoyae (honey mushroom) wins the prize for largest living organism; it covers 2,200 acres of forest in Oregon. The 3.5 mile-long fungus is spreading underground, killing any tree in its path, The Independent reported.
The only evidence of the giant underground fungus is some friendly looking golden mushroom caps sticking out of the ground.
Catherine Parks, a scientist at the Pacific Northwest Research Station, noticed something was up when clusters of trees started mysteriously dying in 2000.
She collected fungus DNA from the roots of 112 of the "victims." After growing samples from the DNA cultures, Parks discovered 61 of them were from the same organism, making it the largest known fungus.
Before the Oregon specimen, the largest known organism was also a honey mushroom found in Washington state, it covered 1,500 acres
"We just decided to go out looking for one bigger than the last claim," Gregory Filip, associate professor of integrated forest protection at Oregon State University, and a honey mushroom expert, said. "There hasn't been anything measured with any scientific technique that has shown any plant or animal to be larger than this."
Honey mushroom caps are not toxic to humans.
"They are edible, but they don't taste the best," Tina Dreisbach, a botanist and mycologist with the US Forest Service, said. "I would put lots of butter and garlic on them."
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