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1,000-year-old, 86-acre fungus found Monday, September 27, 2004

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Posted 27 September 2004 - 08:28 AM

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Sept. 26, 2004 | BIRMENSDORF, Switzerland (AP) --

Swiss scientists have discovered what they believe is Europe's biggest fungus, stretching wide under an Alpine forest.

The Honey Mushroom _ also known by its Latin species name Armillaria ostoyae _ was found lurking in the Engadine national park in the eastern Swiss Alps, said the Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research. Spanning 35 hectares (86 acres), the fungus it believed to be 1,000 years old, the institute added.

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Queen Elizabeth expressed some regret in losing her title as Europe's oldest, biggest fungus, however she saultes the Honey Mushroom in its achievement.

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Posted 27 September 2004 - 11:28 AM

After a quick conversion to square metres, I realise that that is one huge mushroom.
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Posted 27 September 2004 - 11:51 AM

QUOTE (Chefelf @ Sep 27 2004, 08:28 AM)
1,000-year-old, 86-acre fungus found

...in man's shoe.
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Posted 27 September 2004 - 04:40 PM

American tourists immediately began plotting how to make it the worlds largest stuffed mushroom. Swiss scientists beat them with sticks.

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Posted 28 September 2004 - 07:20 PM

This fungus should, by all rights, show up on the local weather map. It should protest.
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Posted 29 September 2004 - 01:31 PM

How do you measure the area of an 86 acre mushroom? Not like you can pick it up and run a tape measure over it...
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 01:06 AM

Just measure its diamater, halve it, square it and multiply by pi.
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 02:13 AM

Damn you Sime, damn you and your ability to comprehend abstract mathematical concepts that none of us know/care about!

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Posted 30 September 2004 - 01:20 PM

QUOTE (J m HofMarN @ Sep 30 2004, 02:13 AM)
Damn you Sime, damn you and your ability to comprehend abstract mathematical concepts that none of us know/care about!

...in man's shoe.
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Posted 06 October 2004 - 12:50 PM

Millions of Eager hippies await lap reports to see if it has Hallucinogenic properties.....
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Posted 06 October 2004 - 03:00 PM

That still leaves the question of how you measure the diameter of an 86 acre mushroom...
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Posted 07 October 2004 - 06:54 PM

also how does an 86 acre shroom lurk? I coudln't see this thing sneaking up on me without being aware.
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