Appreciation: Fungi weather in Ohio.

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    togata57 Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    I love that the prospect of mushrooms makes us so happy about rain :-)

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    Hey frog---I am still boggled by the mental image of mushrooms larger than SUVs...! Like something from a fungi theme park. Now there's an idea I could get behind. Mycotic World!
     
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    I have a friend who studies fossilized fungi - there are few fossils of fungi and generally quite small, so I'm going to ask him about the largest known.

    I remember the news about a fossil of a giant "possibly-fungus" named Prototaxites a few years ago: But then they hemmed and hawed about whether or not it was a fungus or a plant or what. At the time I was super excited as it was reported to be over 20 feet tall!

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