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Old 15-06-2006, 07:29 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Mary Fisher
 
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Default Lawns and Fairy rings


"K" wrote in message
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Squeezeweasel writes

George Robinson wrote:
How can I get rid of one


I'd be quite inclined to keep it - the mushrooms it produces (fairy
ring mushrooms, also called mousseron) are delicious, and given that
Waitrose are selling them for a fortune per small punnet at the moment,
you could make yourself feel quite smug. I cooked some last week - the
recipe's


That's not the only species which makes fairy rings. One of the Clitocybe
type does too, and is poisonous. It would be ill advised to sample your
fairy ring mushroom without an identification by someone who is expert at
identifying UK fungi.

That caveat was on the site ...

Mary
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Kay