Imleria badia, the bay bolete, is an edible, pored mushroom found in Europe and North America, growing in coniferous or mixed woods on the ground or on decaying tree stumps. Both the common and scientific names refer to the bay-coloured cap, which is almost spherical in young specimens before broadening and flattening out to 15 cm (6 in) or more in diameter. On the cap's underside are small yellowish pores that bruise dull blue-grey when injured. The smooth, cylindrical stalk, measuring 4–9 cm (1.6–3.5 in) long by 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) thick, is coloured like the cap, but paler. Regarded as a choice edible mushroom by some food writers, such as Antonio Carluccio, it is sold in markets in Europe and central Mexico. The mushroom can bioaccumulate mercury, cobalt, nickel and other metals; radioactive caesium levels spiked in specimens collected in Europe following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1841:

Scottish surgeon James Braid observed a demonstration of animal magnetism, which inspired him to study the subject he eventually called hypnotism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Braid_%28surgeon%29

1940:

Walt Disney's Fantasia, the first commercial film shown in stereophonic sound, premiered at the Broadway Theatre in New York City. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_%281940_film%29

1985:

The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted, causing a volcanic mudslide that buried the town of Armero, Colombia, and killed approximately 23,000 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armero_tragedy

2015:

Terrorist attacks in Paris perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant killed 130 people and injured 413 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

hydrophobia: 1. (pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself. 2. (psychology, colloquial) A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hydrophobia

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

To me you can wrap all of Judaism up in one sentence, and that is, "Do not do unto others...". All I tried to do in my stories was show that there's some innate goodness in the human condition. And there's always going to be evil; we should always be fighting evil.   --Stan Lee https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stan_Lee