Albatrellus subrubescens is a species of polypore fungus in the family Albatrellaceae. The fruit bodies (mushrooms) of the fungus have whitish to pale buff-colored caps that can reach up to 14.5 cm (5.7 in) in diameter, and stems up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long and 2 cm (0.8 in) thick. On the underside of the caps are tiny light yellow to pale greenish-yellow pores, the site of spore production. When the fruit bodies are fresh, the cap and pores stain yellow where exposed, handled, or bruised. The species is found in Asia, Europe, and North America, where it grows on the ground in deciduous or mixed woods, usually in association with pine trees. It is closely related, and physically similar, to the more common Albatrellus ovinus, from which it may be distinguished macroscopically by differences in the color when bruised, and microscopically by the amyloid (staining bluish-black to black with Melzer's reagent) walls of the spores. The fruit bodies of A. subrubescens contain scutigeral, a bioactive chemical that has antibiotic activity. A. subrubescens mushrooms are mildly poisonous, and consuming them will result in a short-term gastrointestinal illness.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1860:

South Carolina became the first of eleven slave states to secede from the United States, leading to the eventual creation of the Confederate States of America and later the American Civil War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America

1955:

Cardiff (Cardiff City Hall pictured) was proclaimed as the capital of Wales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff

1987:

The deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history occurred when the MV Doña Paz sank after colliding with an oil tanker on the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, resulting in an estimated 4,000 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Do%C3%B1a_Paz

1989:

American forces invaded Panama to overthrow the government of Manuel Noriega. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama

2007:

Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Suzanne_Bloch

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

deracinate: 1. To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate. 2. To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location. 3. To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deracinate

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