Nordic countries. The species produces brown mushrooms with caps of
varying shapes up to 40 millimetres (1.6 in) across, and tall, thin
stems up to 62 millimetres (2.4 in) long, at the base of which is a
large and well-defined "bulb". The stem varies in colour, with whitish,
pale yellow-brown, pale red-brown, pale brown and grey-brown all
observed. The species produces unusually shaped, irregular spores, each
with a few thick protrusions. This feature helps differentiate it from
other species that would otherwise be similar in appearance and habit.
It grows in mycorrhizal association with willow, and it is for this that
the species is named. However, particular species favoured by the fungus
are unclear and may include beech and alder taxa. The mushrooms grow
from the ground, often among mosses or detritus. The species was first
described in 2009, and within the genus Inocybe, it is a part of the
section Marginatae. The holotype (pictured) was collected from the shore
of a lake near Nurmes, Finland. The species has also been recorded in
Sweden and, at least in some areas, it is relatively common.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inocybe_saliceticola>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1506:
Construction of the current St. Peter's Basilica (interior
pictured) in Vatican City, to replace the old basilica built in the 4th
century, began.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica>
1689:
Provincial militia and citizens gathered in Boston, and
arrested officials of the Dominion of New England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1689_Boston_revolt>
1923:
The New York Yankees of Major League Baseball began playing
their games in the newly constructed Yankee Stadium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)>
1938:
Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, made his
debut in Action Comics #1, the first true superhero comic book.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman>
1947:
In one of the largest non-nuclear single explosive detonations
in history, the Royal Navy set off 4,000 tonnes of surplus ammunition in
an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the island of Heligoland, Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland>
1949:
Ireland officially left the British Commonwealth and became a
republic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland>
1996:
Israeli forces shelled Qana, Lebanon, during Operation Grapes
of Wrath, killing over 100 civilians and injuring over 110 others at a
UN compound.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_shelling_of_Qana>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
oubliette:
A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oubliette>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The moral nature of man is more sacred in my eyes than his
intellectual nature. I know they cannot be divorced — that without
intelligence we should be Brutes — but it is the tendency of our
gaping, wondering dispositions to give pre-eminence to those faculties
which most astonish us. Strength of character seldom, if ever,
astonishes; goodness, lovingness, and quiet self-sacrifice, are worth
all the talents in the world.
--George Henry Lewes
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Henry_Lewes>
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