There is a myth that immediately after heavy rains in forest, mushrooms appear in large number and make a very large ring or circle, which may be several metres in diameter. These are called 'fairy rings'. Can you explain the myth of fairy rings in biological terms?
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There is a myth that immediately after heavy rains in forest, mushrooms appear in large number and make a very large ring or circle, which may be several metres in diameter. These are called 'fairy rings'. Can you explain the myth of fairy rings in biological terms?
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The fairy rings form as the mycelium of the
fungus spreads in the soil from a central pomt. It grows
peripherally, so that the younger hyphae Will apvxar
almost in a circle. The forest cover contains sufficient
organic matter and favourable conditions that cause
young fungal hyphae to form compact masses that grow
Into mushrooms. This is the reason, the mushrooms
appear growing in a circle or ring.