August 12, 2007: Big-ass mushroom

Undertoad · 08-12-2007, 01:24 PM

As IotD has always been a cataloguer of big-ass food:

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A more than 20-kilo (41-lb) mushroom has been picked in a forest in Mexico's southernmost state of Chiapas, university officials said Tuesday.

The white mushroom, macrocybe titans, measured a towering 70 cm (27 in) tall, was found near Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border, according to the Southern Border University Center.

yesman065 · 08-12-2007, 02:03 PM

Wow - micology is one of my most favored hobbies. I have seen a lot of oddly shaped and/or colored mushrooms in my day, but that thing is outrageously huge!

freshnesschronic · 08-12-2007, 02:41 PM

If you ate that mushroom your whole world would become the Smurfs or something like that.

DanaC · 08-12-2007, 02:46 PM

Where's the hookah smoking caterpillar? There has to be a hookah smokin' caterpillar with a mushroom like that!

xoxoxoBruce · 08-12-2007, 03:18 PM

The Chiapas farmer that found it has been gathering these mushrooms for some time, trying to figure out how to infuse the super size gene into his pot plants

Cloud · 08-12-2007, 05:57 PM

but I gather it's supposed to grow big, hence the appellation, "titans"?

Cloud · 08-12-2007, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Where's the hookah smoking caterpillar? There has to be a hookah smokin' caterpillar with a mushroom like that!

ooh, definitely!

lumberjim · 08-12-2007, 06:01 PM

Crimini!!!

Fa- · 08-12-2007, 06:24 PM

Its a trap!

cant you all see?? its a tiny little man! that white thing at the bottom edge of the picture is a thimble!

Gravdigr · 08-12-2007, 06:36 PM

mmmmm...shroooooooooooooooooooooooooms

wolf · 08-13-2007, 01:52 AM

I can't tolerate the fungus. It ranks slightly lower on my worst foods list than coconut, which is known to cause projectile vomiting.

There is no danger of me offering to eat this IOTD.

JuancoRocks · 08-13-2007, 02:54 AM

There's a fungus among us.....And it's bent on taking over the world!

Griff · 08-13-2007, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by JuancoRocks

There's a fungus among us.....And it's bent on taking over the world!

It has competition.

barefoot serpent · 08-13-2007, 09:37 AM

I've seen giant puffballs in Colorado that approach that size. But they don't have the 'stem' part -- they're all 'cap'.

Coign · 08-13-2007, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

It has competition.

From Griff's article:

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Genetically Closer to People

In other research, scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants.

Moreover, while humans and most species are divided into only two sexes, mushrooms contain over 36,000 sexes.

Talk about a confusing bar scene at the fungus dating spot.

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08-12-2007, 03:18 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The Chiapas farmer that found it has been gathering these mushrooms for some time, trying to figure out how to infuse the super size gene into his pot plants __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-12-2007, 05:57 PM	#6
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	but I gather it's supposed to grow big, hence the appellation, "titans"? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-12-2007, 06:01 PM	#8
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08-13-2007, 01:52 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I can't tolerate the fungus. It ranks slightly lower on my worst foods list than coconut, which is known to cause projectile vomiting. There is no danger of me offering to eat this IOTD. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-13-2007, 02:54 AM	#12
JuancoRocks Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona Posts: 437	Big Canopy Mushroom There's a fungus among us.....And it's bent on taking over the world!

08-12-2007, 02:03 PM	#2
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	Wow - micology is one of my most favored hobbies. I have seen a lot of oddly shaped and/or colored mushrooms in my day, but that thing is outrageously huge!

08-12-2007, 02:41 PM	#3
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	If you ate that mushroom your whole world would become the Smurfs or something like that.

08-12-2007, 02:46 PM	#4
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Where's the hookah smoking caterpillar? There has to be a hookah smokin' caterpillar with a mushroom like that!

08-12-2007, 06:24 PM	#9
Fa- Jotter of Notes Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 11	Its a trap! cant you all see?? its a tiny little man! that white thing at the bottom edge of the picture is a thimble!

08-12-2007, 06:36 PM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	mmmmm...shroooooooooooooooooooooooooms

08-13-2007, 09:37 AM	#14
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	I've seen giant puffballs in Colorado that approach that size. But they don't have the 'stem' part -- they're all 'cap'. Attached Images __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

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