Mushroom circle
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Fairy rings
The best known-and perhaps most inspired-literary mushroom of all is the one nibbled by Alice in her Adventures in Wonderland. Eating from one side of the mushroom makes her grow larger, eating from the other side makes her shrink. It's possible that author Lewis Carroll knew of the properties of Fly Agaric. One effect of this hallucinogenic fungus is to make objects appear larger or smaller in the user's eye. In recent times it's no surprise to find fungal references at "Hogwarts School of…
This was taken last year, but I'd appreciate an explanation as to why they grow like this. This was one of many 'mushroom circles' that we encountered on a walk from St Govans Car Park to the Stack Rocks Car Park on the Castlemartin Firing Range. They ranges from half a metre to at least 5 metres in diameter.
What is a fairy ring?
How to deal with mushroom rings on the lawn
