Quite new to foraging, how come these mushrooms grow in a circle?
I'm no expert but these are called Fairy Circles iirc. Apparently whatever substrate they grow on is consumed, so they expand in a circular fashion- think of burning a paper starting from a point in its center.
You should stand in the middle of it and see where it takes you.
But, they are Fariy Rings, so don't be surprised if wherever they take you gets you into some fucked up situations.
Them Fae folk like messing with humans, in some of the most gruesome ways.
Mushroom funco grow in a circular pattern under the ground. The entire area inside the circle is the fungus. The fungus fruits at its edges.
I do hope OP hasn't been taken by the fae.
I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious, and I wouldn't step into that circle.
Fairy circles are common just due to how mushrooms reproduce through releasing spores.
Very cool, thanks for sharing!
We call it a witch circle... legend has that when schrooms grow like that a witch danced that night at the center.
Faeries wear boots and you gotta believe me!
SciShow video on fairy rings: https://youtube.com/watch?v=u7L1k1bFb9c
It is clearly how you travel to the Faedoheim.
The spirit of that forest was killed there.
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