Historical Marker

Bandon Fire

Historical marker location:
230 2nd Street SW, Bandon, Oregon
( Marker is on Chicago Avenue SE south of 2nd Street SW, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1986

The largest living organism in the world is a fungus in Oregon. The Armillaria ostoyae fungus covers over 2,200 acres of forest in eastern Oregon and is estimated to be over 2,400 years old. It is also known as the "Humongous Fungus."
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