collected in 2005, it was described and named in 2010 by Fernando
Esteve-Raventós and Gabriel Moreno, and is known only from oak forests
in Ciudad Real Province, Spain. The species produces mushrooms with dark
reddish-brown caps up to 15 millimetres (0.59 in) across, dark
purplish-brown stems up to 45 millimetres (1.8 in) in height and
distinctive, arched, brown gills. The mushrooms were found growing
directly from the acidic soil of the forest floor, surrounded by plant
waste, during November. Morphologically, the dark colour of the gills
and stem, lack of a strong taste, and characters of the cystidia (large
cells found on the mushrooms) are the most distinguishing
characteristics of X. setulipes. These features allow the species to be
readily distinguished from other, similar species. Its ecology and
habitat are also distinct, but it is unclear whether they can serve as
certain identifying characteristics. According to Esteve-Raventós and
colleagues, further analysis is required to accurately judge the
relationships between the species of Xeromphalina.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeromphalina_setulipes>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1842:
American Indian Wars: American general William J. Worth
declared the Second Seminole War to be over.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Seminole_War>
1888:
A recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's The Lost
Chord, one of the first recordings of music ever made, was played during
a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Chord>
1980:
Lech Wałęsa and colleagues at Gdańsk Shipyard began strike
actions, which subsequently led to the founding of the Solidarity
movement in Poland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa>
1994:
International fugitive Carlos the Jackal, wanted for a number
of terrorist attacks in Europe, was handed over to French agents by
Sudanese officials.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_the_Jackal>
2007:
Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Iraqi
towns of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, killing an estimated 796 people and
wounding 1,562 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Yazidi_communities_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
teenybopper:
A person, especially a female, in her early teens who follows popular
clothing fashions, music trends, and the like.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/teenybopper>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you,
or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We
have to love because we love loving.
--John Galsworthy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Galsworthy>
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