Fairy Ring Definition

noun
A circle of mushrooms often seen on grassy ground, originating from one initial mycelium and often accompanied by a circle of darker grass.
Webster's New World

(mythology) A mythical place where fairies are thought to congregate in a ring.

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Noun

Singular:
fairy ring
Plural:
fairy-rings

Origin of Fairy Ring

  • From the belief that it is a dancing place for fairies

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Fairy Ring Sentence Examples

  • Many other fungi in addition to the fairy-ring champignon grow in circles, so that this habit must merely be taken with its other characters in cases of doubt.

  • The most complete and symmetrical grass rings are formed by Marasmius oreades, the fairy ring champignon, but the mushroom and many other species occasionally form rings, both on grass-lands and in woods.

  • Marasmius oreades, the " fairy ring champignon " that can cause killing zones in grass turf.

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FFAFAI

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GNGING

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