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CONCERNING “FAIRY RINGS” IN PASTURES
Author(s) -
ELLIOTT JESSIE S. BAYLISS
Publication year - 1926
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1926.tb04274.x
Subject(s) - biology , mycelium , type (biology) , botany , ecology
SUMMARY1 Observations are made on the growth of three types of fairy rings found in pastures and elsewhere. 2 Marasmius oreades belongs to a type which causes the death of rings of grass. It behaves as a parasite, destroying grass by means of a toxin. 3 Comments are made on the views of Shanz and Piemeisel, who consider the death of the grass in certain fairy rings is merely due to a drought produced by the presence of mycelium in soil.