A Fairy Ring...no really

After a much needed downpour of rain over the last couple weeks, mushrooms were popping up everywhere. I happened to notice a fairy ring in a neighbors yard and stopped to snap some shots for those that havent seen one before.

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 älvdanser, 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.

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