Imperator torosus, the brawny bolete, is a fungus in the family
Boletaceae. Native to southern Europe, the Caucasus and Israel, it is
generally associated with deciduous trees such as hornbeam, oak and
beech in warm, dry locales. Although generally rare in Europe, it
appears to be relatively common in Hungary. Appearing in summer and
autumn on chalky soils, the stocky mushrooms have an ochre cap up to
20 cm (8 in) across, yellow pores on the cap underside, and a wine-red
to brown or blackish stalk up to 6–15 cm (2.4–5.9 in) long by
3–6 cm (1.2–2.4 in) wide. The pale yellow flesh changes colour
when broken or bruised depending on age; younger mushrooms become
reddish, and older ones take on bluish tones. Swedish mycologists Elias
Magnus Fries and Christopher Theodor Hök described this species as
Boletus torosus in 1835, relying in part on the work of Louis Secretan.
Eating raw, or sometimes even cooked, mushrooms of this species leads to
vomiting and diarrhea.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperator_torosus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1820:
A Russian expedition led by naval officers Fabian Gottlieb von
Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev became the first explorers to see the
coast of Antarctica.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica>
1945:
The Soviet Red Army liberated more than 7,500 prisoners left
behind by Nazi personnel in the Auschwitz concentration camp (entrance
pictured) in Oświęcim, Poland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp>
1967:
The Outer Space Treaty, a treaty that forms the basis of
international space law, opened for signature in the United States, the
United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty>
1996:
Mahamane Ousmane, the first democratically elected president of
Niger, was deposed by Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara in a military
coup d'état.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamane_Ousmane>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
looking glass:
1. A piece of glass with a reflective surface that one may look into to
see an image of oneself; a mirror.
2. A way into a bizarre world.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/looking_glass>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any
suggestion of authority or even respect. If a subordinate always agrees
with his superior he is a useless part of the organization.
--Hyman G. Rickover
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hyman_G._Rickover>