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.

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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

_____________________________ 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

___________________________ 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