Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, My hair has been down to a "fringe" for many years. I think I can fight the ring without fear of reprisals. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Information Needed on Cause of Lawn Circle > "Gerry Walden" <gwpics at me.com> wrote > >> The presence of mushrooms usually indicates an organic source of >> nutrients, such as a buried tree stump, is nearby. When you see a >> mushroom growing in a lawn, you are only seeing a small part of the >> fungus. The fungus also grows underground as a thread-like mass that is >> called mycelium. This mycelium tends to grow in all directions from a >> central point. Thus, an invisible circular pattern occurs. The fruiting >> bodies (mushrooms) then tend to appear in a circular pattern." >> >> This was taken from >> http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/ppdl/expert/Fairy_Rings.html > > Gerry is right. We had the same problem on my parent's lawn. Drove my > father quite mad trying to eradicate it without success. So much so as the > fungus circle grew, more and more of his hair fell out. This turned out to > be a coincidence, as hair loss is hereditary. Mine has now fallen out > without the aggravation of mycelium :-) > > Douglas > _________ > Douglas Barry > Bray, Co. Wicklow > Republic of Ireland > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >