I discovered what they are when I opened the curtains from an upstairs window and noticed they formed a circle in a ring of darker grass - what's commonly know as a 'fairy-ring'. They are fairy-ring mushrooms - other wise known as fairy ring champignons, marasmius oriades. A gourmet mushroom, said to be great tasting, which I intend to eat this evening, when the children are asleep and I can have them all to myself.
There are over 60 species that form fairy rings - and at least one regularly confused with Marasmius oriades - back to my point about identification.
Quite a few varieties of fungi grow in ‘fairy rings’ .., some are edible and some are not.
I have eaten many wild mushrooms, but I would not eat any that have not been properly identified, in person, by a real expert.
You can if course do as you wish ... but first I would appoint guardians for your children and write a will.
Always leave at least one mushroom uncooked somewhere for the paramedics to take to the mycologists and toxicologists so they can identify it and know how to treat you ... and keep in mind the theory of Natural Selection 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.