Biggest Mushroom

The World Record of ‘biggest mushroom’ has been achieved by the white mushroom from Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.

The white mushroom belonging to the species Macrocybe titans has been picked up in a forest close to a coffee plantation of Chiapas and identified by Southern Border University Centre. The biggest mushroom has been 70 cm (27 in) tall and weighing 20 kilo (41 lb). This species usually grows 30 cm (11 in) tall and the cap can be 100 cm (40 in) in diameter.