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27-10-2007, 07:25 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ijmuiden, Holland
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| | | Fairy Ring fungi
This afternoon we found a Fairy Ring - it wasn't comprised of the fungi I thought they were made of but these. Some of then were in clusters of three and some individual. The whole circle must have been 4m across. It wasn't until I was at ground level I saw they were in an arc formation, then I followed it around and it was a complete circle! Some of the fungi were about 45cm apart and some closer. This individual one's cap measured 21cm across, but most were smaller. They were under Oaks. Any ideas what this is please and a bit of info on Fairy rings!   |
27-10-2007, 08:45 PM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hindhead
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| | | Re: Fairy Ring fungi
Clouded agarics is my guess. Quite a few fungi can form fairy rings. The largest I have seen was about 50m across. |
27-10-2007, 08:45 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kenninghall, Norfolk
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| | | Re: Fairy Ring fungi
It's The Clouded Funnel - Clitocybe Nebularis.
Funny you should say that, I found an arc ring of these today  |
27-10-2007, 09:50 PM
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| | | Re: Fairy Ring fungi
These things have started showing up everywhere that I look. |
27-10-2007, 09:56 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ijmuiden, Holland
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| | | Re: Fairy Ring fungi
Thanks guys! I had a great afternoon out and it wasn't planned my daughter wanted to test out her new camera. We saw loads of fungi, amethyst decievers, pestal puffballs, and Sulphur Tuft amongst them, although it hasn't rained for three weeks - but these were the most interesting. Three green woodpeckers - a first for me and wild highland cattle - massive and a bit daunting with those horns . |
27-10-2007, 10:02 PM
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| | | Re: Fairy Ring fungi
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Originally Posted by Lone Forager  These things have started showing up everywhere that I look. | I think of them as an end of season fungus, along with Collybia butyracea. Maybe they do occur earlier too, but they always hang round to the end. |
27-10-2007, 10:12 PM
| | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kenninghall, Norfolk
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| | | Re: Fairy Ring fungi
I'd agree with you Lief (I'm finding myself doing that alot  ). I have to say though, down here in Surrey and Hampshire we're having a second fungi wave...Found a few tight Ceps and Trumpet Chanterelles. How long do the Cantharellus Tubaeformis take to grow? Flippin' ages 
Nick |
27-10-2007, 11:43 PM
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| | | Re: Fairy Ring fungi
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Originally Posted by NickCantle I'd agree with you Lief (I'm finding myself doing that alot ). I have to say though, down here in Surrey and Hampshire we're having a second fungi wave...Found a few tight Ceps and Trumpet Chanterelles. How long do the Cantharellus Tubaeformis take to grow? Flippin' ages
Nick | I found loads of Cantharellus tubaeformis in the Birch wood on the opposite side of the road to Minley wood. It wasn't half boggy though. | | |
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