Pale, fingerlike structures rising from tree roots in southwestern China have revealed an unexpected giant among fungi. Named Dianjunus rex, the newly described species produces fleshy reproductive structures reaching 50 centimeters in total height. The largest reported specimen weighed 2.2 kilograms, roughly 4.9 pounds.

Its size was only the beginning of the surprise. Genetic comparisons and microscopic examinations placed the fungus on a distinct evolutionary branch, supporting a new genus and family. The findings appeared in Frontiers in Fungal Biology.

The team included scientists from the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and collaborating institutions. Corresponding author Indunil C. Senanayake works at the institute’s Germplasm Bank of Wild Species. He described the discovery as a rare opportunity to investigate the evolution of extreme fungal forms.

Not really a fungus but a cluster of single cell organisms that is know as slime mold.

Sorry, no idea what it is, just like it.

One is thay way IT should be , one Turns To a hydra

Found in a relatively recently opened and refrigerated jar of pizza sauce. What is this?! It kind of reminds me of a kombucha scoby.

My shrooms are growing in random directions, is there anything I should do or just leave them as they are?x

These might be common bit it was interesting to see in the Y of a tree stump.

Found these growing on a cow patty in west tx, are they psilocybin?