17 Dec 2012

Beyond the Gardens - The Fungarium at Kew

The largest organism in the world is a mushroom that is over 1,000 years old, covering hundreds of acres in a forest in Oregon USA.

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All plants on Earth rely on fungi to live, and fungi out number plants six to one. Kew has the largest collection of dried fungi in the world, around 1.25 million specimens.


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