agaric fungus in the family Russulaceae. First described in 1822, it is
a widely distributed species and grows naturally in eastern North
America, East Asia, and Central America; it has also been reported from
southern France. L. indigo grows on the ground in both deciduous and
coniferous forests, where it forms mycorrhizal associations with a broad
range of trees. The cap has a diameter of 5 to 15 cm (2 to 6 in). The
fruit body color ranges from dark blue in fresh specimens to pale blue-
gray in older ones. The milk, or latex, that oozes when the mushroom
tissue is cut or broken—a feature common to all members of the
Lactarius genus—is also indigo blue, but slowly turns green upon
exposure to air. The blue color is due to an organic compound known as
an azulene which is unique to this species, but similar to a compound
found in Lactarius deliciosus. It is an edible mushroom, with a mild to
slightly acrid taste; the firm flesh is best prepared by cutting the
mushroom in thin slices. The blue color disappears with cooking. It is
sold in rural markets in Mexico, Guatemala, and China.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_indigo>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1786:
Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat completed the first
recorded ascent of Mont Blanc in the Alps, an act considered to be the
birth of modern mountaineering.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc>
1918:
The Battle of Amiens began in Amiens, France, marking the start
of the Allied Powers' Hundred Days Offensive through the German front
lines that ultimately led to the end of World War I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)>
1963:
The Zimbabwe African National Union was formed when Ndabaningi
Sithole, Robert Mugabe, and others decided to split from the Zimbabwe
African People's Union.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union>
1988:
The 8888 Uprising, a series of marches, demonstrations,
protests, and riots against the one-party state of the Burma Socialist
Programme Party in Burma, began.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8888_Uprising>
2008:
Eight people died and 64 more were injured when a EuroCity
express train en route to Prague, Czech Republic struck a part of a
motorway bridge that had fallen onto the track near Studénka station in
the Czech Republic and derailed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stud%C3%A9nka_train_accident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
shuttlecock:
(badminton) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or
rubber-covered nose, used in badminton as a ball is used in other
racquet games; a birdie.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shuttlecock>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be
understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in
the case of poetry, it's the exact opposite!
--Paul Dirac
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac>
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