Faerie Mushroom Connection_Tiny Folks Jubilee

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Poem by VALLEY FLOWER from the faerie islands and other poems
…When twilight like a misty veil
drops softly over hill and dale

When proud the silvery moon so fair
mounts silently her throne of air

When lost in dreams lie wood and lake
Tis then the fairy folk awake!

From fairyland, the realm of dreams
over bridges built of moonlight beams
Over paths upon the glassy lake
Through darksome glen
and tangled break

This fairy band from elfin land go
with footsteps light as falling snow
in spots by mortal eyes ne'er seen
where mosses grow like carpets green
among the ferns and violets blue
and blossoms fair of every hue
where glow-worms golden
fire-flies bright
diffuse their tender misty light

There trip the gay and merry band
an airy dance of fairy land
and whirl so lightly round and round
their twinkling feet
scarce touch the ground
Till when the flush of dawn is seen
They flee in clouds of golden sheen!

FAERIES AND MUSHROOMS
WHAT’S THE CONNECTION?
WELL, WHEN THE POEM MENTIONS…

…and whirl so lightly round and round,
their twinkling feet scarce touch the ground…
THIS REMINDS ME…
when faeries dance
and sing
They say,
the following day
you’ll find a
faerie ring
(which is truly)
a circle OF mushrooms
growing out of the Ground.

Have YOU ever SEEN ONE?
Do You Know
WHY MUSHROOMS
grow in a ring?

It could very well be
like women who tromp grapes
to make wine, that the
dancing feet of the faeries
make conditions just right
for the mushrooms
to want to pop
their heads up
but modern day
explanations
say…

They are created
as the fungus grows
and seeks food
underground.

As it seeks food.
the mycelial mass
works from the center
excreting enzymes
from the tips
of the hyphae
to break down
molecules of the
nutritious debris
and then
draws in its nutrients
through the walls
of the hyphae
near its tips.
Once there is
no food to be
found, it allows
the mycelial center
to die and recycles
this as well to
move forward
with energy
and nutrients
from THAT mass,
so the mycelium
actually grows
as an expanding ring,
not as an
expanding disk.