Has anyone any experience of these. I have several about 5 feet diameter
and they produce a ring of small funghi which appears from time to time
(like now). The ring eventually kills the grass but with a surrounding
ring of very fertile grass. Underneath the dead stuff is a lattice of white
threads. How to get rid of? How did it come in the first place? Why
fairy ring? Why circular? etc?

Any useful comments welcome.
Mervyn

Mervyn Thomas wrote:
Has anyone any experience of these. I have several about 5 feet
diameter and they produce a ring of small funghi which appears from
time to time (like now). The ring eventually kills the grass but
with a surrounding ring of very fertile grass. Underneath the dead
stuff is a lattice of white threads. How to get rid of? How did
it come in the first place? Why fairy ring? Why circular? etc?

Any useful comments welcome.
Mervyn

This might help.....

http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...airy_rings.asp


pk

To get rid of them use a fungicide, of course.

Why not circular?


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Has anyone any experience of these. I have several about 5 feet diameter
and they produce a ring of small funghi which appears from time to time
(like now). The ring eventually kills the grass but with a surrounding
ring of very fertile grass. Underneath the dead stuff is a lattice of
white
threads. How to get rid of? How did it come in the first place? Why
fairy ring? Why circular? etc?

Any useful comments welcome.
Mervyn

"Mervyn Thomas" wrote in message
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Has anyone any experience of these. I have several about 5 feet diameter
and they produce a ring of small funghi which appears from time to time
(like now). The ring eventually kills the grass but with a surrounding
ring of very fertile grass. Underneath the dead stuff is a lattice of
white
threads. How to get rid of? How did it come in the first place? Why
fairy ring? Why circular? etc?

Any useful comments welcome.
Mervyn


they are without doubt a total nigthmare
I have 2 of them and they are wrecking my lawn

I have areated them and poured several lots of armillotox on them .......i
have dug out the soil and replaced with new and returfed and by the next
year they are back worse than ever

could sure do with some real help on them too

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Has anyone any experience of these. I have several about 5 feet diameter
and they produce a ring of small funghi which appears from time to time
(like now). The ring eventually kills the grass but with a surrounding
ring of very fertile grass. Underneath the dead stuff is a lattice of white
threads. How to get rid of? How did it come in the first place? Why
fairy ring? Why circular? etc?

Probably Marasmius oreades. Small buff fungi with widely-spaced gills,
thin leathery stipes, no ring, smell pleasantly of almonds?

Google for a pic just to be sure. If you are sure that's what you have,
they are excellent to eat. Fried, or in stews, casseroles etc.

They dry easily, and rehydrate like new. A very useful mushroom, but
don't eat any quantity raw, as the almondy smell is prussic acid. It's
broken down during cooking, and evaporates on drying.

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