Suillus luteus is a bolete fungus common in its native Eurasia and
widely introduced elsewhere. English names such as "slippery jack"
refer to the brown cap, which is slimy in wet conditions. The mushrooms
are edible, though not highly regarded, and are often eaten in soups,
stews or fried dishes. The fungus grows in coniferous forests in its
native range, and pine plantations where introduced. It forms symbiotic
associations with living trees by enveloping the underground roots. The
fungus produces spore-bearing mushrooms above ground in summer and
autumn. The cap often has a distinctive conical shape before flattening
with age. Instead of gills, the underside of the cap has pores with
tubes extending downward that allow mature spores to escape. The pore
surface is yellow, and covered by a membranous partial veil when young.
The stalk is pale with small dots near the top. It bears a distinctive
ring that is tinged brown to violet on the underside.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus_luteus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1870:
American Indian Wars: The United States Army massacred a
friendly band of Piegan Blackfeet in Montana Territory, resulting in
about 200 deaths, mostly of women, children and elderly men.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marias_Massacre>
1909:
Two Jewish Latvian immigrants committed an armed robbery in
Tottenham, London, and led police on a two-hour tram chase (illustration
shown), ending in the perpetrators' suicides and increased anti-
immigrant sentiment in the city.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham_Outrage>
1942:
World War II: Japan began its invasion of the island of New
Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rabaul_%281942%29>
1993:
The first version of Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and
Eric Bina, was released, becoming the first popular web browser and
Gopher client.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_%28web_browser%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gigot:
1. A leg of lamb or mutton.
2. (fashion) Short for gigot sleeve (“a type of sleeve shaped like a leg
of mutton”).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gigot>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Perhaps you and I were born too late to explore the world and too
early in history to explore the stars, but we were born at just the
right time, which is pretty much all times ever — to explore language
— to explore what can be said. What should be said? What should we
send out to space? What, that can be said, will you be the first to say?
--Michael Stevens
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Stevens_%28educator%29>