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.

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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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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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