From owner-cellbiol@net.bio.net Thu Feb 27 22:00:00 1997 Path: biosci!rutgers.rutgers.edu!gatech!news-out.communique.net!news3.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pen-14.sprintlink.net!news1.rcsntx.swbell.net!usenet From: AnneC Newsgroups: bionet.cellbiol Subject: Re: largest organism Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 00:41:52 -0600 Organization: Southwestern Bell Internet Services Lines: 11 Message-ID: <33167E30.1DE0@swbell.net> References: <330FBD01.3606@protec.net> Reply-To: ramshorn@swbell.net NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-207-193-27-145.snantx.swbell.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gb2312 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-SBXA (Win95; I) Greentree wrote: > > I saw posted here a Q about the largest cell, my Question is what is the > largest living organism? Thanks,Hildy saw the stuff about the fungus. i agree, you need to specify what you mean as "largest", but i do believe the largest animal species is the blue whale. it's larger than even any species of dinosaur that ever lived. the fungus might be the ...er...widest? or the largest communial organism. or largest plant species. .