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Monday, 18 January 2016

Giant fairy rings

I blame the fairies.

Originally shared by Joerg Fliege

Up in Ontario, there are "rings" of stunted tree growth, sometimes 2km of diameter.

And there are more hypotheses trying to explain the phenomenon than you can shake a stick at.
http://www.bldgblog.com/2016/01/rings/

5 comments:

  1. I am thinking ancient craters effecting the drainage.

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  2. I guess it's honey fungus [genus Armillaria]

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  3. I'd say that Earth or Forest Elementals are the culprit. 😀

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  4. Look Pete F​
    Weird stuff again 😨

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