Fairy Ring (Noun)
Meaning
A ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- In a field just outside the village, we found a rare and large fairy ring, approximately thirty feet in diameter, after the morning dew lifted.
- Over the centuries, people associated the circular arrangement of toadstools within a fairy ring with myths of enchanted circles where mythical beings dance and celebrate under moonlight.
- Caution was required to identify and pick mushrooms found growing within the boundaries of the fairy ring in our area due to toxic and deadly fungi mixed in.
- Bioluminescence occurs naturally at times, usually as fungal elements at certain developmental stages interact chemically to attract spores near certain rare but enchanted 'fairy rings.'
- Following close investigation into areas associated with supposed legends we are amazed that researchers noted every particular grouping occurring outside regularly set examples referred to more officially in reference material now – of simply rare phenomena usually contained geographically through related very simply just visibly indicated existing set “Fairy rings.”