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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Information Needed on Cause of Lawn Circle
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:10:54 -0500
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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
>
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Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Information Needed on Cause of Lawn Circle)
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Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] IMG: Information Needed on Cause of Lawn Circle)