# What is the world's largest living organism?

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**Created:** [June 2, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worlds-largest-living-organism/965582 "2022-06-02T16:23:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
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> [@blondebear](#):
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> Largest organism or not, it’s a beautiful spot.

Wow, those colors. Those yellows and greens with the white trunks, it looks like Lothlorien from Lord of the Rings. 🥰

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worlds-largest-living-organism/965582/22 "2022-06-09T02:11:48Z")

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> [@Atamasama](#):
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> > [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> > I’m not sure how it compares to the others but there is the humongous fungus:
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> From your article:
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> > I’ll let you take a minute to absorb the fact that pretty much every mushroom you’ve ever eaten has been fungus genitalia.
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> I’ve always detested mushrooms, now I have an excuse. 😁

Of course all plant flowers are genitals. Which means your standard bouquet for your sweetie is really a bunch of severed dead genitals. Not quite as romantic, and maybe a bit more _Psycho_ or Lorena Bobbitt than you intended.

That also means asparagus tips are genitals. As are a few other commonly eaten vegetables.

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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worlds-largest-living-organism/965582/23 "2022-06-09T04:00:24Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Of course all plant flowers are genitals.

Seems implausible to me.

[https://www.reddit.com/r/succulents/comments/ntf2sl/agave\_plant\_we\_found\_while\_hiking\_through\_the/](https://www.reddit.com/r/succulents/comments/ntf2sl/agave_plant_we_found_while_hiking_through_the/)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worlds-largest-living-organism/965582/24 "2022-06-09T16:20:48Z")

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I don’t know the specifics of that particular plant; it might be a whole bunch of genitals bundled together. But one way or another, it’s genitals.

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