"Fairy rings," most commonly seen as clusters of mushrooms forming a circle or arc, are seen as dangerous spaces in European folklore and could signal bad things for grass and soil, as well.

If so, you undoubtedly wondered why the mushrooms would grow in this way, especially if the circle was quite large. The explanation for this growth pattern, which is commonly called a fairy ring ...

The mushrooms appearing in a circle — considered a common turfgrass disease caused by soilborne fungal species — is just one type of fairy ring formation. According to the LSU AgCenter ...

It is common to see several of them forming a circle. The circle of mushrooms is commonly called a fairy ring. My research informed me that false parasol mushrooms are not edible. Never eat any ...