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fairy ring

noun

  1. any of numerous mushrooms of meadows and open woods, especially the well-known Marasmius oreades, that spread in rings originating from mycelial growth: formerly supposed to mark the paths laid by dancing fairies.


fairy ring

noun

  1. a ring of dark luxuriant vegetation in grassy ground corresponding to the edge of an underground fungal mycelium: popularly associated with the dancing of fairies: seasonally marked by a ring of mushrooms
  2. short for fairy ring mushroom, Marasmius oreades , a dainty buff-coloured edible basidiomycetous fungus, characteristically forming rings in grassland
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fairy ring1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences

In this way was recovered, after the expiration of a year and a day, a youth who had wandered into a fairy-ring.

And evermore the circling hoursNew gifts of glory bring; We live and love like happy flowers,All in our fairy ring.

The commonest fairy-ring fungus is Marasmius oreades, the fairy-ring champignon.

This is a fairy ring of another type, and represents a very slow mode of travel.

Cedric entered alone, and found the fairy ring far beyond anything he could have dreamed of.

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