Historical Marker
Free Emigrant Road
Historical marker location:
47720 OR-58, Oakridge, Oregon
( Marker is at the intersection of Willamette Hwy (Oregon Route 58) and Rainbow Rd, on the right when traveling east on Willamette Hwy.)
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."