Caloboletus calopus, known as the bitter beech bolete, is a fungus of the bolete family, found in Asia, Northern Europe and North America. Appearing in coniferous and deciduous woodland in summer and autumn, the stout mushrooms are attractively coloured, with a beige to olive cap up to 15 cm (6 in) across, yellow pores, and a reddish stalk up to 15 cm (6 in) long and 5 cm (2 in) wide. The pale yellow flesh stains blue when broken or bruised. Christian Persoon first described Boletus calopus in 1801. Modern molecular phylogenetics has shown that it is only distantly related to the type species of Boletus, and it was placed in a new genus as the type species of Caloboletus in 2014. It is not an edible mushroom, rendered unpalatable by its intensely bitter taste, which does not disappear with cooking. Its red stalk distinguishes it from edible species such as Boletus edulis.

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1248:

Ommen in the Netherlands received city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht, after the town was pillaged at least twice by a local robber baron. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ommen

1609:

Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first telescope, a device that became known as a terrestrial or spyglass refracting telescope, to Venetian lawmakers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei

1825:

The Thirty-Three Orientals, a revolutionary group led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja, declared Uruguayan independence from the Empire of Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay

1920:

Polish forces under Józef Piłsudski successfully forced the Russians to withdraw from Warsaw at the Battle of Warsaw, the decisive battle of the Polish–Soviet War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1920)

1967:

Founder of the American Nazi Party George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated by John Patler, a former member of his group. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lincoln_Rockwell

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shirty: (informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shirty

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