A more or less circular ring of mushrooms simultaneously appear in your yard,

apparently overnight. The circle is several yards in diameter. The most likely explanation

for this circle of mushrooms is:

a. Mushroom spores were dropped by a circling bird, thus explaining the

circular shape of the group of mushrooms.

b. The mushroom plants in the center of the circle have been eaten by

herbivores.

c. The mushrooms are all part of the same plant, with mycelia radiating out

from the location of a germinated spore.

d. One mushroom in the circle reproduced sexually to make all the other

mushrooms in the circle.

e. A circle is nature's most perfect shape for asexual reproduction

structures.

Question

Biology

Johanna Cameron

1 October, 13:53

A more or less circular ring of mushrooms simultaneously appear in your yard,

apparently overnight. The circle is several yards in diameter. The most likely explanation

for this circle of mushrooms is:

a. Mushroom spores were dropped by a circling bird, thus explaining the

circular shape of the group of mushrooms.

b. The mushroom plants in the center of the circle have been eaten by

herbivores.

c. The mushrooms are all part of the same plant, with mycelia radiating out

from the location of a germinated spore.

d. One mushroom in the circle reproduced sexually to make all the other

mushrooms in the circle.

e. A circle is nature's most perfect shape for asexual reproduction

structures.

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Answers (2)

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Reilly Bird · Answer 1

The option that best explains this phenomenom is:

c. The mushrooms are all part of the same plant, with mycelia radiating out

from the location of a germinated spore.

Explanation:

Mushrooms belong to the fungi kingdom, which is characterized because its members are constituted by mycelia a single tissue that unites the different zones of the living being even when they are distanced. Mycelia unites them and it starts in the zone in which the spore was germinated. Also, they are all the same mushroom but grow separately. They are very alike to bacteria colonies because they grow almost in the same way. All united, however in fungi we only talk about a single living being, unlike bacteria which is a colony.

Nick · Answer 2

The correct answer is option c. "The mushrooms are all part of the same plant, with mycelia radiating out from the location of a germinated spore".

Explanation:

The mushrooms that grow in a circular pattern are called "fairy rings", for the folklore and mythology created from this curious formations. However, the reason behind this pattern has a scientific explanation, and is that the mushrooms are all part of the same plant, with mycelia radiating out from the location of a germinated spore. The germinated spore usually exhaust the soil nutrients and dies, but the mushrooms that live from it created a circle pattern.