Largest organisms photosynthetic unicellular and multicellular protists that are related to land plants. The thallus of the unicellular mermaid's wineglass, "Acetabularia", can grow to several inches (perhaps 0.1 to 0.2 m) in length. The fronds of the similarly unicellular, and invasive "Caulerpa taxifolia" can grow up to a foot (0.3 m) long. A member of the order Cetacea, the blue whale ("Balaenoptera musculus"), is thought to be the largest animal ever to have lived. The maximum recorded weight was 190 metric tonnes for a specimen measuring , whereas longer ones, up to , have been recorded but not weighed. The African bush
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth Foster proposes Gandalf and Olórin are one and the same - confirmed in "Unfinished Tales". A German edition, "Das Große Mittelerde-Lexikon", revised and translated by Helmut W. Pesch, was published in 2002. Notes Bibliography The Complete Guide to Middle-earth The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: from The Hobbit to The Silmarillion is a reference book for the fictional universe of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, compiled and edited by Robert Foster. "The Complete Guide to Middle-earth" is a major expansion of Foster's "A Guide to Middle-earth", which was published in a limited edition by Mirage Press in 1971. Almost twice the