Just stumbled across a circle of mushrooms south-southwest of Fort Sungard.

I'm pretty sure there's some generic fantasy lore concerning mushroom circles such as this. Anyone have any idea if there's anything that happens here? I've waited around until midnight and haven't seen anything yet.

Maybe it's just a good spot to grab some mushroom?

Picture:
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198030768552/screenshot/612718202505475865?tab=public

Yeah I've noticed that certain random encounters are more likely to occur at these kinds of unmarked landmarks. For example, some of the ritual alters appear more likely to have conjurers and necromancers spawn at them.

Never noticed any mushroom circles...

I remember reading something about this once before, I think it had something to do with protection from creatures of IRL myth, like faries

In folklore they are Fairy Circles; portals to the land of the fey. Toadstool Rings, which are similar, were also portals, either for the dead or evil spirits, depending on which area of europe/what era youre talking.

Toadstool Rings were often associated with the darker kinds of witch stories.

From an egghead standpoint, they usually form over bodies or overly rich soil in the right spot. The mushrooms are an invasive species that feed over the richest spot in the center. As they deplete the resources they spread out, leaving the middle empty and sometimes with toxins not allowing other plant growth. Hence the circle with the bare patch or only light grasses.

I have gone back several times at midnight, no dancing fairies or goblins so far.

Here's a screenshot of the mushroom circle in question!

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198030768552/screenshot/612718202505475865?tab=public

Gone back a couple nights in a row, still nothing.

Are there lunar cycles in Skyrim? Maybe a particular time of the month or something is the secret. Then again, maybe there's no secret at all =P

I keep hoping and going back but with the massive shortcuts taken this release of TES, I do not hold much hope.

probably just where a mammoth took a wazzo dump

Get your shovel out or tell your dog to dig there, you may get lucky and find a condem.

no, no, no. this is wear a guardian creature spawns during a quest for a guy named froki. he can be found west of avanchenzel. nothing special about these fiary rings

Based on what I learned in biology class, that's not exactly accurate.

Mushrooms grow in rings because they are sprouting from the edges of a huge mother mushroom below. Fungi are the most durable/widespread species on earth. They take rotting animals, dead leaves and plant life, even toxic substances, consume them over time and convert those elements to useful and beneficial food for trees and other plants.

Speaking of huge mother mushrooms, if I remember correctly, forests of Alder trees... Aspen trees... something like that, come from a huge mother fungi below ground.