OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 15905

fairy ring

Meanings (ES + gloss)
anillo de hadas
A ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium.
The best known Fungus occupant of fairy rings is the Fairy Ring Agaric or Champignon, Marasmius oreades, termed in the older botanical textbooks Agaricus oreades.
This curious phenomenon has been differently accounted for. The following is Mr. Nicholson's description and explanation: "the appearance in the grass, says he, commonly called Fai…
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No hay frases
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