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∙ 15y agoFungi grow outward from one original organism; in the soil, this ends up with the fungus spreading in a circular area, with older parts in the middle not making reproductive mushrooms and younger parts on the outer rim making mushrooms that show above the ground. People did not reallize what was causing these mushrooms to grow in a circle, and did not understand that it was all one big fungus - they came up with the idea that fairies must dance in a circle and the mushrooms grew where they danced.
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What is the difference between purines and pyramidines?
Purines and pyramidines are bases in nucleic acids found in DNA. Purines form a two-ring structure while pyramidins form a single-ring structure.
What is the contractile ring in mitosis made up of?
Microfilaments form the ring in cytokinesis of animal cell division.
What is 1 way the DNA of prokaryotic cells differs from that of eukaryotic cells?
In Prokaryotes like bacteria DNA is in the form of clusters of chromosomes and in eukaryotes DNA is concentrated in the nucleus as they have it .
Are fairy rings poisonous?
Yes. Or, at least, they are sometimes. Several of the mushrooms known to form fairy rings are, in fact, poisonous; others are not. If you don't definitively recognize the species, then you should treat them as you would any other unidentified mushroom.
Many fungi grow in rings. This was thought to be because it was were faries danced. What is a more reasonable explanation for why mushrooms or fungi grow in rings?
The name fairy ring comes from an old folk-tale. People once believed that mushrooms growing in a circle followed the path made by fairies dancing in a ring. Fairy rings are found in open grassy places and in forests. In grass, the best known fairy ring fungus has the scientific name Marasmius oreades. The body of this fungus, its mycelium, is underground. It grows outward in a circle. As it grows, the mycelium uses up all of the nutrients in the soil, starving the grass. This is the reason a fairy ring has dead grass over the growing edge of the mycelium. Umbrella-shaped fruiting bodies, called mushrooms, spring up from just behind the outer edge of the mycelium. Large rings are created when the older mycelium in the center finally exhausts the soil nutrients and dies. On the death of the central mycelium, the nutrients are returned to the soil and grass can grow again. The living edge of the mycelium continues to grow outward. As it grows, it secretes chemicals into the ground ahead. These chemicals break down the organic matter, releasing nutrients so that the mycelium will have food when it reaches this area. For a brief time, the grass at the outer edge of the ring also benefits. The extra nutrients make the grass darker green, taller, and thicker than the rest of the lawn or pasture. This lush grass dies when the mycelium grows under it and steals the nutrients. Fairy rings made by fungi like Marasmius oreades are called "free" rings. They will continue to grow outward until a barrier is reached. Sometimes the barrier is another fairy ring! Rings can grow into each other's territory and die as each reaches the other's "dead zone." If there are no barriers, free rings can grow outward at up to 8 inches (20 cm) per year. They can reach a diameter of over 30 feet (10 m). One ring formed in France by the fungus Clitocybe geotropa is almost a half mile (600 m) in diameter. This ring is thought to be 700 years old. Mycorrhizal fungi, which live in symbiotic partnership with trees, also form fairy rings. Their rings are called "tethered" rings. A tether is like a leash. The fungus and its mycorrhizal partner tree need each other to survive. The mycelium of these fungi always remains joined to the tree's roots. Roots are the "tether" that keeps the fairy rings of mycorrhizal fungi from growing too far from their tree As most fungi are decomposers , starting from a focal point they start growing , when substrate is completly eleminated from focal point they continue to grow outward depending upon availability of food substrate .
How does fairy ring grow?
Outward. Fungi mostly live underground, and they spread outwards. The mushrooms are like a fungus' flower, and sometimes they form a fairy ring by "blossoming" from the new growth at the edges.
Where do you put in fairy ring codes?
Zanaris Fairy Ring (south-west of the bank). Fairy ring codes cannot be entered into the entrance/exit fairy ring, nor can they be entered into fairy rings around RuneScape; all rings redirect the player to Zanaris, where the code can be entered.
Are fairy ring mushrooms eaten?
yes you can eat fairy ring mushrooms because they are nonpoisen mushrooms
Possessive form of the word fairy?
The possessive form of the word fairy is fairy's.
Why should you never eat or drink anything out of a fairy ring?
It is okay to eat out of a fairy ring - just don't eat while in a fairy ring of the fey folk will take this as willful involvement in their revelry and will hold you as a 'entertained captive' for possibly years and years.
How do you get permission to use a fairy ring in runescape?
By starting the "Fairy Tales Pt. 2" quest
What is the plural of fairy?
The plural of the noun fairy is fairies.
How and why does a fairy ring form?
Fairy rings are made up of mushroom fungus growing in a ring shape. Mushrooms do not make their own food as plants do but much feed off of nutrients found in the soil. When the nutrients have been exhausted in the mushrooms current position its offspring must spread outwards to find new nutrients. This cause them to grow in an ever expanding ring.
What will happen if you stand in a fairy ring?
absolutly nothing
How do you kill fairy ring?
It can be very difficult to kill Fairy Ring Fungus in grass. It is recommend to keep the soil aerated to prevent it from compounding, which can make disease grow.
Why is the grass greener inside or around a fairy ring?
because it is
What singular noun of fairy?
That's it - fairy The plural form is fairies
