Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Toadstools


Toadstools pg
Originally uploaded by mmp52.
Alison took this picture. The past few days I have seen several of these toadstools, some forming Fairy Rings.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

what's a fairy ring?!

Marge said...

Fairy rings appear in any lawn, golf course or other turf areas during spring and summer months. The rings appear as either dark green or brown circular bands ranging in size from a few inches to 50 feet in diameter. The fairy ring fungus grows outward from a central point at a rate varying from a few inches to as much as several feet.

Mushrooms (not the kind you eat) frequently develop in a circle outside of the dark green or brown ring during spring and fall after a period of heavy rainfall or irrigation. Centuries ago people thought that the mushrooms appeared where "fairies" had danced the night before-hence, the name, fairy ring.

Anonymous said...

Kevin came in from outside and told his mom that he found some frog toilets. He was a little mixed up, but I can see the connection -- toad stools--frog toilets.