Lunch@lemmy.world to Mycology@mander.xyz · 1 year agoWhat kinda shroom ritual happened here? 🍄lemmy.worldimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1225arrow-down1imageWhat kinda shroom ritual happened here? 🍄lemmy.worldLunch@lemmy.world to Mycology@mander.xyz · 1 year agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMothra@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up113·1 year agoI’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.
minus-squaremeyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·1 year agoThat’s my understanding too, the substrate often being a root ball from a long gone tree
minus-squareGsus4linkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThey are there to remind you what trees grew up to before we started “managing” forests
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.
That’s my understanding too, the substrate often being a root ball from a long gone tree
They are there to remind you what trees grew up to before we started “managing” forests
Very interesting, thanks!