Gymnopilus maritimus is a species of Cortinariaceae fungus first
collected in northern Sardinia, Italy, in 2006. The species produces
moderately sized, sturdy mushrooms of a reddish-orange colour. The cap,
which can measure up to 70 millimetres (3 in) across, is covered in
orange fibrils, and sometimes has small scales. The yellowish stem
measures up to 110 mm (4 in) in length by 8 mm (0.3 in) in width,
and sometimes shows remnants of the partial veil. The mushrooms have
thick gills of a variable colour, ranging from yellow to rust but
staining darker, and the yellow flesh has a mild taste. The mushrooms
leave a rusty-brown spore print, while the spores themselves measure
from 7.5 to 11.5 micrometres in length. The species is most similar in
appearance to G. arenophilus and G. fulgens, but is not closely
related to either and is not particularly similar to any of its closest
relatives. The species has been found only on coastal sand dunes near
Olbia, Sardinia, where it was observed growing at the base of Juncus
maritimus (the sea rush), between the winter months of October and
January. However, there is speculation that it may also grow elsewhere
in Europe.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnopilus_maritimus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
565:
Justinian the Great deposed Eutychius, Patriarch of
Constantinople, after he refused the Byzantine Emperor's order to adopt
the tenets of the Aphthartodocetae, a sect of Monophysites.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Eutychius_of_Constantinople>
1905:
Russian Revolution: Peaceful demonstrators, led by Father Gapon
(pictured), a Russian Orthodox priest, were massacred outside the Winter
Palace in St. Petersburg.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1905)>
1924:
Ramsay MacDonald took office as the first British Prime
Minister from the Labour Party.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald>
1944:
World War II: The Allies commenced Operation Shingle, an
amphibious landing against Axis forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno,
Italy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Shingle>
1984:
Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh, the first successful
personal computer to use a graphical user interface, during Super
Bowl XVIII with its groundbreaking "1984" television commercial.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(advertisement)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
enthesis:
(anatomy) The point at which a tendon, ligament, or muscle inserts into
a bone.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enthesis>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except
intolerance.
--U Thant
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/U_Thant>