Two fun words to describe this ridiculously large mushroom, which measures about 12" at it's largest dimension! HOLY COW, that's BIG! I found it growing with about 10 others in a circle around a pile of brush when I was on a walk with the dogs! :) (You can see the brush pile just behind it!)

"Ginormous" was probably first used around 1948 and is a contraction of gigantic and enormous. "Humongus" is another slang word meaning extremely large or huge , and was first used as college slang in about 1967.

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Explored on December 15, 2012. Highest position #292.