Fairy Rings
The name Fairy Ring comes from an old folk tale...
People once believed that mushrooms growing in a circle followed the path made by fairies dancing in a ring.
Fairy ring damage appears in a target pattern: a brown area surrounded by a wide circle of dark grass. Small, tan mushrooms appear within or just outside the grass circle. Sometimes there is an inner circle of dark green grass as well.
Fairy ring
A circle of toadstools produced by several lawn fungi, which gradually spreads outwards in a ring of bare soil and lush grass. Some kinds are difficult to control and may live for centuries, returning year after year.
While 'fairy rings' may sound pretty, they're not. They're just the result of mycelium - or the vegetative body of a mushroom colony - that originally started growing on a piece of underground organic matter, like a dead tree stump or root.
Mushrooms may grow in a circle around grass, forming "fairy rings." Grass inside these rings can be a darker green and grow more quickly.
Fairy Ring
Fairy ring appears in the grass first as dark green circles, eventually sprouting mushrooms that can deplete the soil's nutrients and form a water-repellent mat, causing the grass to die.
FAIRY RING - A circle of fungal growth.
FASCIATION - This effects many herbaceous and woody plants. This is a genetic mutation or imbalance in growth caused by absorption of a herbicide. Remove all effected stems.
Fairy Ring is one of the most common turfgrass diseases to create large rings or circles in the lawn. It is caused by a number mushroom-producing fungi that live in the soil and thatch layer.
FAIRY RING: A circle of fungal growth.
FAMILY: One genus or several genera which have a basically similar floral pattern make up a family.
Fairy Ring
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Fairy ring does not harm the lawn and is not considered a turf grass disease. It is very difficult to control, but its effects can be camouflaged with lawn fertilizer.
It's what's called a fairy ring. It's a type of parasitic fungus that attacks lawns first as a small circle, then expands. The good news is that it never comes back again in the same place. Look for the tiny cap fungi that exist all the way along.
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Now the interesting thing is that Mushrooms come up in round, circles known as "fairy rings". So if you want to get more Mushrooms in years to come you must feed your Mushroom patch. Keep it moist and feed it with more cow manure ! ...
 See also: Lawn, Fungi, Water, Fungus, Grass
  
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