title: Fomitiporia ellipsoidea has the largest fruiting body among the fungi.
abstract: A giant polypore, Fomitiporia ellipsoidea, was found in Hainan Island in southern China. It was 20 y old, and its estimated volume was 409 000-525 000cm(3) and weight was 400-500kg. This is the first report of the largest fungal fruiting body both in volume and weight.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China. yuchengd@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yu-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Bao-Kai
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002681:China; D048690:Fruiting Bodies, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data