WATCH: Chinese farmer finds giant mushroom and claims it's the secret to live forever

Ganoderma lucidum, the secret to immortality? Man claims to have found a giant mushroom, the legendary fungus that could help you get a long life, China. A farmer from Liaoning, north-east China, has come into an unexpected bit of luck when he stumbled on a giant mushroom in the mountains near his home. The enormous fungus, weighing a total of 70kg (11 stone), is a Tai Sui, or Ganoderma lucidum, a rare mushroom that's considered to be the medicine for immortality in traditional Chinese medicine.