Fairy ring mushrooms

[Allotment18]

trying to help my friend solve her gaden problem
must admit it looks amazing  - she has a "fairy Ring" of mushrooms  which she said grew for a small circle and now stretches round most of her lawn
has anyone managed to successfully get rid of one??

[Allotment18]

[Mimi]

I don't know about getting rid of them but from where I work I overlook  our local rugby field and they have scores of them over the pitches.  As I'm on night duty I watch the local peeps in the know picking bags full of the mushrooms, later in the year............hmmmm must remember to take some bags to work!

[Jeannine]

The magisc mushrooms I seem to remember didn't grow in circles ;D

XX Jeannine

[Digeroo]

If you get rid of a fairy ring you get rid of the fairies.  :o   Not always formed by edible mushrooms.

The football field sounds as it it had a dressing of spend mushroom compost.

[Allotment18]

If you get rid of a fairy ring you get rid of the fairies.  :o   Not always formed by edible mushrooms.

The football field sounds as it it had a dressing of spend mushroom compost.

yeah Ive read that too .. not all are edible  :-X
must say it does look very cool though

[OllieC]

I think what people normally mean by the Fairy ring mushroom is what myclogists call the Fairy Ring Champignon - Marasmius oreades - which is edible. It can be confused with Clitocybe rivulosa which also grows in rings & is deadly poisonous. Of course as digeroo points out, several other mushrooms & toadstools make fairy rings.

I strongly recommend Roger Phillips "Mushrooms" book as a good starter. Lots of beautiful pictures.

Either way, lovely to look at & personally I can't think of a reason that would make me want to remove it.