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Unless it’s been surpassed, the world’s largest living organism is a 9 square kilometer fungus that’s been growing for about 10,000 years.

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Just got surpassed by yo momma actually.

(Sorry I couldn’t resist, please no ban)

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No worries friend, it’s why she was a perfect match for my dad who is a fun guy (fungi).

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Beautiful

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Gottem

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Wow, here I was thinking Pando was the biggest. This fungus is a good bit bigger

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Pando is the heaviest iirc

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I love how many times they repeated humongous fungus in the article.

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it’s geoblocked to god knows what country

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Accessible from Canada at least.

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Now eat your fungi penis up it’s good for you.

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But sir, why are the trees dancing?

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They’re telling you that life and the universe and everything is dancing the same dance

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Don’t threaten me with a good time.

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I absolutely would if I had any right now.

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Puts the pan on stove. Ignites the flame and adds some olive oil. Everything is in order to sear the heretics.

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Mushrooms are near impossible to burn. All you’re doing is giving them a flavorful sauna.

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damn it 😖

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Mm, crispy mushrooms. Unburnt by flame, unseared by iron, but consumed and burned for energy in the acd pits of me… Who’s the eldritch horror now, huh? I will eat any lesser organism.

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Mushrooms are so fucking cool, and they taste great too.

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And they make you feel amazing too

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Or dead. Choose wisely.

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Uh oh

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I discovered The CryptoNaturalist over at the other place, and ending up buying ‘Field Guide to the Haunted Forest’ and ‘Love Notes from the Hollow Tree’ by Jarod K. Anderson…

Which is unusual for me as I detest poetry. I think it’s a pile of long-winded, navel gazing wank…Except for haiku, (because they’re short and sweet, and condense things down to their essence, which I like).

I like The CryptoNaturalist though, probably because they write about nature in a weird, beautiful and wonderous way. I want to use the word ‘magical’ to describe it, but am reluctant, for reasons

Also, thanks to this post I just found out there’s a couple of other books available which I’m going to buy tonight 😀

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I think it’s a pile of long-winded, navel gazing wank

Tell me you’re British, without telling me you’re British . . .

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Guilty as charged

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We are all British on the internet. Just like our use of mate and cunt makes us Strayan ya dig bruv?

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What is your favorite haiku that comes to mind?

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I rather like this one…

wearily she waves

the white flag of surrender

cobwebbed butterfly

—Tracy Davidson from here

Pawprints fade, empty

Silence fills the empty space

Love lives on, always

From here

I sometimes feel that the classic haiku are let down by some translations, and the fact there are Japanese words that don’t translate across very well or at all.

I have a soft spot for this one

The old pond,

A frog jumps in:

Plop!

Translated by Alan Watts from here

It’s interesting to see how each translation differs, and tries to put into English something that is probably untranslatable…also…

pond

frog

plop!

Translated by James Kirkup

‘The sound of water’ ‘kerplunk’ ‘splashing the water’ ‘leap, splash’ ‘water note’ …just don’t capture it for me

Do you know any that are decent?

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