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  • n  a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium
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  • Odd Fairy Circles Explained?
    Fairy circles are circular patches of perennial grasses with a barren center that emerge in the deserts along the southwest coast of Africa. Here, numerous tracks of Oryx antelopes crossing fairy circles in an interdune pan, shown in this aeria Image courtesy of N. Juergens
    Sept. 5, 2013 - Fox News
  • Mysterious 'Fairy Circles' in African Desert Get New Explanation
    The bizarre circular patches of bare land called "fairy circles" in the grasslands of Africa's Namib Desert have defied explanation, with hypotheses ranging from ants to termites to grass-killing gas that seeps out of the soil. But the patches may be the natural result of the subsurface competition for resources among plants, new research suggests.
    Sept. 5, 2013 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News
  • Mysterious 'Fairy Circles' in Africa: Explained
    A new theory suggests that 'fairy circles' in Africa's Namib Desert are the result of subsurface competition for resources among plants.
    Sept. 5, 2013 - Discovery News

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