The largest creature in the world is not a blue whale, but a mushroom called Armillaria.

Speaking of the largest creatures, many people may think of larger elephants, but there is something bigger than elephants, and that is the blue whale. The blue whale was once considered the largest in the world. We have studied an article about blue whales in Chinese textbooks. We will not explain the size of blue whales here. In short, generally speaking, their weight can reach more than 180 Tons, you can imagine how huge the blue whale is. But in 1998, American scientists questioned the idea that blue whales are the largest creatures in the world. He believed that blue whales may have been the largest creatures in the world before, but they are no longer because they discovered a A creature that is bigger than the blue whale. This creature is astonishingly large. In a sense, it should be the largest creature in the world. This creature is Armillaria fungus.

In 1998, scientists discovered an amazing mushroom in Oregon, USA. The mushroom under the scientist’s feet and the mushrooms in other surrounding areas belong to the same DNA. Some people may say, They are scattered mushrooms and not a whole species. How can they be regarded as the largest mushrooms? In fact, scientists believe that as long as organisms have the same DNA and have cells that communicate with each other, then they belong to the same organism. In other words, these mushrooms belong to the same mushroom. What you see, but It's just the fruiting body of this giant thing. The real whole is its mycelium, which is the part that can't be seen underground.

After measurements by scientists, this mushroom covers an area of ??9.6 square kilometers, which is about the size of 1,665 football fields. It can be said to be a real behemoth. Since scientists discovered this mushroom, the blue whale's status as the best in the world has dropped.