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sitic. Here it is usual to find an almost bare 

 strip next to the fungus line, in which the 

 plants are dead and brown. Beyond this to 

 the centre of the ring the herbage is of a very 

 bright green. The explanation of this lies in 

 the fact that the original meadow grasses have 

 been killed by the fungi, and in their dying the 

 ground has been well manured. Other plants 

 have arisen and prospered upon the ground, 

 which is really fallow in nature. These new- 

 comers are often quite distinct types from 

 those usually associated with meadow land. 



