Kunming Botanists Describe Dianjunus rex, a 20-Inch Giant Fungus That Defines a New Family
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Researchers at the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, named Dianjunus rex after finding it in Yunnan Province. The Ascomycete grows up to 20 inches and nearly five pounds, forms the largest mushroom masses recorded in its phylum, and belongs to a new fungal family with no known close relatives. The name blends the ancient Dian Kingdom with the Chinese word for fungus; the find underscores how much fungal diversity may remain in East Asian forests, where Yunnan already has 6,000 documented species and an estimated 100,000 may exist.
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