species of fungus with a slimy convex cap up to 14 cm (5.5 in) wide.
The young cap is typically whitish, later becoming grayish-olive to
reddish-brown or a mottled combination of these colors. The mushroom has
a dotted stem up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long and 2 cm (0.8 in) thick. On
the underside of the cap is the spore-bearing tissue with angular,
yellowish pores; milky droplets on the pore surface of young
individuals, especially in humid environments, are a characteristic
feature of this species. The mushroom is considered edible, but not
highly regarded. The fungus—limited in distribution to
California—fruits almost exclusively with Monterey and bishop pine,
two trees with small and scattered natural ranges concentrated in the
West Coast of the United States. Several studies have investigated the
role of S. pungens in the coastal Californian forest ecosystem it
occupies. Although the species produces more mushrooms (mostly through
efficient transfer of nutrients from its host) than similar competing
fungi in the same location, it is not a dominant root colonizer, and
occupies only a small percentage of root tips.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus_pungens>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1757:
Louis XV of France survived an assassination attempt by Robert-
François Damiens, who later became the last person to be executed in
the country by drawing and quartering.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert-Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens>
1919:
The German Workers' Party, the forerunner to the Nazi Party,
was founded by Anton Drexler.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Workers%27_Party>
1968:
Alexander Dubček came to power in Czechoslovakia, beginning a
period of political liberalization known as the Prague Spring that ended
with a military intervention by the Warsaw Pact nations to halt reform.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring>
1996:
Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash was assassinated by a bomb-laden
cell phone, planted by Israel's Shin Bet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_Ayyash>
2008:
Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of
Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in
the history of the country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_presidential_election,_2008>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Twelfth cake:
A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival
of Twelfth Night (which is either the evening of January 5th or of
January 6th, depending on interpretation).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Twelfth_cake>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am guiding you to seek truth from the facts of the historical
conditions of our society and to identify the problems. The correct
solutions will come with the correct identification of the problems.
--Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto>
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