What?! Monster potato is actually a gourd?
A New Zealand couple, Colin Craig-Brown and his wife, found a very large,17 pound potato-looking thing in their garden. They expected it to be a world record potato, but Guinness World Records’ lab testing on the DNA determined it was more related to gourds. But, the closest match to gourds they had grown in their garden was cucumbers. It’s hard to imagine it being a cucumber or a gourd. Maybe it’s some sort of cancer-like growth of a plant part. Maybe it’s some sort of gall induced by insects, viruses or other microorganisms. It crossed my mind that it could be something fungus-related to. It’s definitely something unusual, and I would say abnormal. Not likely harmful, just ugly and abnormal. It’s always possible the DNA was contaminated too. Maybe a fruit in the gourd/cucumber family got buried during growth, and the unusual environment of being underground caused this weird shape and size? What do you think?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/thought-unearthed-worlds-largest-potato-171340607.html
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