The Russulaceae are a diverse family of fungi in the order Russulales,
with roughly 1,900 known species and a worldwide distribution. They
include the genus Russula and the milk-cap mushrooms, some of which are
edible. Russulaceae have gilled mushrooms characterised by brittle
flesh. In addition to these typical agaricoid forms, the family contains
species with fruitbodies that are laterally stiped (pleurotoid), closed
(secotioid or gasteroid), or crust-like (corticioid). Molecular
phylogenetics has demonstrated close affinities between species with
very different fruitbody types and has discovered new, distinct
lineages. An important group of root-symbiotic Russulaceae fungi in
forests and shrublands around the world includes Lactifluus, Multifurca,
Russula, and Lactarius. The crust-forming genera Boidinia,
Gloeopeniophorella, and Pseudoxenasma, all wood-decay fungi, have basal
positions in the family.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russulaceae>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1658:
Anglo-Spanish War: English colonial forces repelled a Spanish
attack in the largest battle ever fought on the island of Jamaica.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_Nuevo>
1940:
World War II: The evacuation of nearly 200,000 Allied soldiers
from French ports was completed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aerial>
1967:
More than an estimated 400 million people viewed Our World, the
first live international satellite television production.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(TV_special)>
1978:
The rainbow flag (most common version pictured) representing
gay pride first flew in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBT_movement)>
2013:
In response to a Freedom of Information request, the CIA
admitted the existence of Area 51, the secretive military airfield in
Nevada that has become a focus of various UFO and conspiracy theories.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
today is a good day to die:
1. An expression indicating that one should not live with any regrets, or
tasks left undone.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/today_is_a_good_day_to_die>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I
realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize
how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go,
how much more there is to learn. Maybe that's enlightenment enough —
to know that there is no final resting place of the mind, no moment of
smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small
I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.
--Anthony Bourdain
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain>