Tylopilus felleus is a fungus of the bolete family. Its distribution includes east Asia, northern Europe, and eastern North America, extending south into Mexico and Central America. A mycorrhizal species, it grows in deciduous and coniferous woodland, often fruiting under beech and oak. Its fruit bodies (mushrooms) have convex or flat caps that are shades of brown, buff, or tan, and typically measure up to 15 cm (6 in) in diameter. The pore surface is initially white before turning pinkish with age. Like most boletes it lacks a ring, and it may be distinguished from Boletus edulis and other similar species by its unusual pink pores and the prominent dark brown netlike pattern on its stalk. French mycologist Pierre Bulliard described this species as Boletus felleus in 1788 before it was transferred into the new genus Tylopilus. It is the type species of Tylopilus, and the only member of the genus found in Europe. Tylopilus felleus has bioactive compounds that have been tested for antitumour and antibiotic properties. Although not poisonous, it is generally considered too bitter to be edible.
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538:
Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths, ended his siege of Rome, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Rome_(537%E2%80%9338)
1881:
Andrew Watson made his debut with the Scotland national football team and became the world's first black international football player. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Watson_(footballer)
1930:
Gandhi (pictured with Sarojini Naidu) began the Salt March, a 24-day walk to defy the British tax on salt in colonial India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March
1952:
British diplomat Hastings Ismay was appointed as the first Secretary General of NATO. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Ismay,_1st_Baron_Ismay
1993:
The 1993 Storm of the Century formed over the Gulf of Mexico; at its height its effects were directly experienced by nearly 40 percent of the United States' population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Storm_of_the_Century
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zombie out: (informal) Become like a zombie in being listless, vacant, and unresponsive. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zombie_out
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