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The world's largest known organism is in Utah-and it's dying
By Matthew D. LaPlante and Paul Christiansen
FISH LAKE NATIONAL FOREST—There was a boy named Gary here, in 1984. He carved his name into the bark of an aspen tree, and, next to that, the name of his lover, Lori.
Then, hedging his b