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What Happens When a Family Tells Patch About Their Giant Mushroom?

News reports far and wide pick up on the story.

When Glenn Key this week, he became one of the most sought-after stories in Rochester Hills.

Key, who discovered the "Calvatia Gigantea" on Sunday morning, said he was having fun with the fame. 

“It kind of feels like a big, water-saturated Nerf Ball," Key wrote. "We learned that these can be found in early autumn across a wide expanse of the U.S., but they must be quite rare. My brother is a retired wildlife biologist and he was completely unaware of them."

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On Tuesday, the day after his story hit Patch, WXYZ came out for a video interview. Stories in The Oakland Press and Detroit Free Press followed. 

Later in the week, blogs and news services across the country picked up the story. A country radio station in Daytona Beach told the Keys' story on air under the "Just In Case You Are Wondering" section. And a blog called "Doubtful News" posted the story under the headline: "Slice It Up and Saute it in Butter"

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Here's are links to the stories about the mushroom, which put Rochester Hills on the map this week:

In the meantime, others offered up photos of their mushroom discoveries. The Mir family of Rochester Hills shared their photos of a duo of giant mushrooms that they discovered.


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