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The largest known living organism on Earth is a honey fungus in Oregon, covering over nine hundred hectares underground.

Why it is true

This species, Armillaria ostoyae, spreads through a vast network of underground mycelium, being much older and more massive than any individual tree or animal.

Source: US Forest Service

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