Giant Mushrooms Found in China

LONDON - A giant mushroom found by scientists to grow under a large tree in China. This fungus is based on the research note is the largest mushroom ever found.

As quoted by the BBC on Monday (01/08/2011), fungi such as other fungi, but the size is massive. Its length can reach 10 meters, width 80 cm and weighs half a ton.

The discovery broke the previous record held by a fungus that grows in Kew Garden, England. The newly discovered giant mushroom is approximately 20 years old.

The first sample of a new type of fungus was first noted by scientists in 2008 in Fujian province, China. Scientists who discovered the first sample is Professor Yu-Cheng Dai from the Herbarium of Biology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and assistant named Dr. Cui.

"But the species found are not too large. But we managed to find a large species of fungi in 2010 in Hainan province," said Dai.

Based on their stories in the science journal Fungal Biology, the scientists are being studied in the field of fungi in the plant to die, when they found the giant mushroom.

"We're not specifically looking for this type of fungus. We do not know if the fungus could grow to that size. When we find it, we are not aware of because of their large size," said Dai.

Mushrooms have a latin name F. Ellipsoidea. Called that these mushrooms have a long lifetime, this view of their large size. The giant mushrooms growing on the side of a large fallen tree and a dead tree.

F. Ellipsoidea can grow along the 10.85 meters, with a width of 82-88 cm, weight 400 to 500 kg and a thickness of 4.6 to 5.5 cm. Giant mushroom is estimated also able to accommodate approximately 450 million spores.

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