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Originally Posted by Crowbob

The guy should be more precise. He said Pando is the largest. But he also said the fungus consumes more land area than Pando.

So though it may be more massive, it isn’t the largest. Also, nobody said anything AFAIK about the weight of the respective organisms.

I could see the fungus, at over 2,000 acres and mostly made of water, possibly being heavier than Pando.

Thing is, there’s not much drama in sleeping on the ground because an enormous fungus is amungus that you can’t even see.

Mushrooms are generally pretty light, and the mycelium is like super fine roots. Enough of them could weigh a lot, but may not amount to much. I suspect any real comparison is based on scientifically derived best guesses. And it seems like Aspen trees are similar except via roots which are, I suspect MUCH larger than mycelium.

If you look up "largest" trees, you get the same conundrum.

coastal redwood trees are taller, but the redwoods that are farther inland are more massive.

So who's bigger, Manute Bol at 7'7" and 200# or 7'1" 325# Shaq? Either could be "bigger" considering what you mean when you say "bigger".