Historical Marker
Jimmy Carter (2002)
Historical marker location:
Eugene, Oregon
( Marker is on Day Island Road.)
Marker installed: 2013
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."