They start looking like this and grow into the bell shapes shown in the top picture.
This is one of the largest fairy rings I've ever seen. It may be difficult to make out in the picture, but those white shapes that ring that group of trees are all mushrooms.
a closeup of the mushrooms in the fairy ring
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Wow! That first picture is pretty amazing.
Thanks, Natalie. Those mushrooms were everywhere, but they probably disappear quickly.
Love that orange color, and all of these photos. The third photo down is Ganoderma applanatum (artist's fungus.) If you look closely you can see small brown ovals on the surface, which are the eggs of Bolitotherus cornutus, the forked fungus beetle. Why am I rattling off these scientific names? Jeff did his PhD work on Bolitotherus, and spent summer nights when we were first married and had our first child watching the male beetles fight with their horns to try to impress the ladies....all of this took place on the fungi.
We have had giant fairy rings in our back yard this fall...it's been mushroom weather!
Buffy: I love the information and the story. Usually we have several puff ball mushrooms in our yard, but not so far this year.
I've never heard of mushroom fairy rings. The orange, bell shaped ones look like they came from a fairy tale!
Kristin: Sometimes fairy rings are hard to see because of fallen leaves.
Really nice Ann!
Thanks, Susan. It's getting to be walk in the woods season (aka too cold for bike rides).
I always knew there were faeries.
Wow, that is a big fairy ring! Great photos, Ann. I particularly like the orange ones--quite luscious. And I like the composition of picture 4. Thanks for the information on the Ganoderma, Buffy.
Thanks Tim (and also Anonymous). Once we saw the first mushrooms, we started noticing them everywhere.
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