FAIRY CIRCLE

This fairy circle appeared at my parents' house this year.  They have lived there for 45 years and have never had it before.  It was quite an attraction and was photographed by many people.

A fairy ring starts when the spawn ("seeds") of a mushroom falls in a good spot and sends out an underground network of threads.  The threads grow out evenly in all directions, which forms a circle--like spokes on a wheel.  So the mushrooms that grow up through the ground come out in a circle.

Some people believe that fairies dance inside the circle at night.

After a while, Dad would get tired of it, so he would mow the grass.  Dad mowed it off 4 times, but they kept growing back.

Someone stole the one he had spray-painted red, so we had to paint another one (we think it was a friend who wanted to have it analyzed by an expert...but he's not talking).