Now, i have seen a thread about fairy rings, and their connections/similarities to how you dial in a number for the "Stargate" or whatever is in that show. now, passing through my biology program, there is an entire module devoted to fungus. so, i was reading through it, answering the questions, and BOOM! i saw him writing about "fairy rings." here is what i have found.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initially a spore (the fungal equivalent of a seed) lands on some suitable ground. It starts to grow underground, pushing out mycelium (fungal threads) in all directions. As the mass of mycelium grows the central part dies off, leaving a disc of mycelium growing at the outer edge. Eventually, when season and weather allow, mushrooms are produced above the mycelium and release spores. Sometimes, several years may go by before mushrooms are seen at a fairy ring. The underground presence of the fungus sometimes causes withering or varying colour or growth of the grass above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Although the edible Marasmius oreades is best known as the "fairy ring mushroom", other species of fungus, some of which are poisonous to humans, may also form arcs or rings. This mushroom is also called Scotch bonnet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and in folklore...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fairy rings in folks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In English folklore, fairy rings were said to be caused by fairies or pixies dancing in a circle, wearing down the grass beneath their feet. Toads would then sit on the basidia, poisoning them, hence the name toadstool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Scandinavian folklore, these circles were attributed to the elves and were called ÃÆÃâÃâälvdanser, i.e. elf dances.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In German-speaking Europe, fairy rings are known as Hexenringe, or "witches rings", stemming from an old mediaeval belief that the rings represented places where witches would have their gatherings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another myth states that fairy rings are doors into the fairies world, transporting people to other places, or make people appear in the same place in a different time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and a gallery, so you may see what they look like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as you can see from the quote "

 

 

 

Another myth states that fairy rings are doors into the fairies world, transporting people to other places, or make people appear in the same place in a different time.", i believe Jagex has derived this idea from some Folklore about fairy rings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks for taking the time to read,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~~blu~~

nice research. seems logical, since the fairy rings in the game look very close to the ones you provided in the post.

I saw someone post a little something of the origin of fairy rings, but yours has a lot more infromation on it. They probably just combinded StarGate and that myth together.

Cool that you spent that time to research all of that. It makes perfect sense, well done.

not much research, just happened upon it on my science workbook. but thanks anyway for the compliments :3>

Wow. That was very nicely done. =D>

Medusoid Mycelium?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_ring

 

 

 

wikipedia anyone? :P

Interesting info

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_ring

 

 

 

wikipedia anyone? :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hehe this reminded me about a hilarious wikipedia related Daniel Colbert videoclip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmHm0rGns4I

ye i used wikipedia to help explain it :^o shoulda toldja

great... but what i want to know is... can we plant these spores in our farming patches? =D

interesting, nice accidental find :

I saw someone post a little something of the origin of fairy rings, but yours has a lot more infromation on it. They probably just combinded StarGate and that myth together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Combinded"?

thanks for the posts, keep em a comin.

even with the wikihelp thats still a nice read.

Wow nice find... I suggest you make a suggestion allowing us to get fairy spores to grow fairy rings :

smaller fairy rings generally show the stump where a tree once was. the fungi is growing on the nutrients provided by the rotting stump underground.

 

 

 

larger rings can be formed like this on the rotting roots of a tree that has been cut down and dissapeared.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by this you can see where trees once stood and piece together a landscape that may well have been forgotten (ooh, fairy towns?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

just my little quota from AS Archaeology

 

I saw someone post a little something of the origin of fairy rings, but yours has a lot more infromation on it. They probably just combinded StarGate and that myth together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Combinded"?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Someone's been runecrafting too much... :XD:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And OT: Nice find, I love stargate :3>

I think hes pointing out the spelling....

Whoa thats a nice find. Good job lol :thumbsup:

I bet everyone has seen fairy rings...ever noticed dark circles of grass in your yard? Fairy rings!