| Fairy Ring Mushrooms |
| Underground fungal colonies can radiate outward in all directions and sometimes form a circular pattern. Fairy rings or fairy circles, are common names for this phenomenon, and are most apparent in mowed fields and lawns. Field rings is another term, although woodland mushrooms will also exhibit circular patterns of growth. |
| Fungi in the soil interact with grasses, consuming organic material in dead grass and by exchanging nutrients with live grass. The above fairy rings are the work of the meadow mushroom. Note lush grass (first growth of spring before being mowed) where the mushrooms appeared the previous autumn. |
| October 2008 |
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| April 2009 |
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| Google Campus, Mountain View, CA |
| See also Fairy Rings at MushroomExpert.Com |
| Mycorrhizae And Turfgrass Mycorrhizae.Com |
| Many different mushrooms form fairy rings. These examples are of Agaricus campestris, the edible meadow mushroom. School yard. |
| Park behind city hall, Hammond, IN |
| Field near urban development, Indianapolis, IN |
| Farm house, Smithville, IN |
| Google Earth images showing fairy rings: |
