Villagers in southwest China have discovered large clusters of rare mushrooms, with trees nearly three feet tall in the forest.
A farmer from a village in Dang Xung District, Yunnan Province went into the forest to find mushrooms and discovered a massive mushroom on October 22, according to SCMP.
“I am already 81 years old and have never seen such a large mushroom,” said the old man who discovered the fungus.
The villagers called it “king mushroom”. The mushroom cluster has 4 trees, weighs about 50 kg, the largest tree is 94.3 cm, the diameter of the hat is 40 cm wide, so the villagers call it “elephant’s foot” . Visitors flocked to take photos and watch the mushroom, which forced them to make a fence around the mushroom, protecting it from vandalism.
Yang Zhuliang, an expert from the Chinese Institute of Plant Sciences in Kunming, said the mushroom is an edible mushroom. The villagers hope that it will be recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest mushroom in the world.
