Historical Marker

Bend Fire Station

Historical marker location:
5 Northwest Minnesota Avenue, Bend, Oregon
( Marker is on Northwest Minnesota Avenue near Northwest Lava Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Built: 1920.

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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