Wikipedia article of the day is Tricholoma pardinum. Check it out: https://ift.tt/328QP8j Summary: Tricholoma pardinum is a gilled mushroom widely distributed across North America and Europe, as well as parts of Asia. It was first officially described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1801. The imposing fruit bodies (mushrooms) of T. pardinum appear in beech woodland in […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 10, 2020: Sun getting through fog in the New Zealand bush, Bryant Range. The picture was taken on the trail between Rocks Hut and Middle Creek Hut. This section is part of Te Araroa Trail https://ift.tt/2BULyGz
Wikipedia article of the day is Payún Matrú. Check it out: https://ift.tt/329Gc4X Summary: Payún Matrú is a shield volcano in the Malargüe Department of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Activity in its volcanic field commenced at least 2.5 million years ago and continued until about 515 years ago. Payún Matrú lies in the Payenia volcanic province in the back-arc […]
Wikipedia article of the day is History of the British farthing. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2Zu8rak Summary: Historically, the British farthing was a continuation of the English farthing, a coin struck by English monarchs prior to the Act of Union 1707 that was worth a quarter of an old penny (1⁄960 of a pound sterling). Only […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 7, 2020: Dune ripples near Sossusvlei in the Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia https://ift.tt/31SpsPA
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 6, 2020: Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) looking for food in the waves on Lake Windermere. Bowness-on-Windermere, England https://ift.tt/2ZEiMls
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 5, 2020: Ten Million Mark “Notgeld” banknote from Trier, Germany (1923), designed by Fritz Quant, view of Trier after a copperplate print by Matthäus Merian (1646). https://ift.tt/3gqknlr
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 4, 2020: Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) mating in Whitecross Green Wood, Buckinghamshire. The composite shows how the female swings her abdomen to initiate pairing. https://ift.tt/2Ax0zOe
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 3, 2020: Cathedral-Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World, Montreal, Canada. The construction of the cathedral, ordered by Ignace Bourget, began in 1875 in order to replace the former Saint-Jacques Cathedral which had burned in 1852. The building is a scale model of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 2, 2020: Cusheon Lake is the third largest lake of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. This picture was taken from a pier on a public beach by Cusheon Lake Road in the early morning, about 2 hours after the sunrise https://ift.tt/38jTNHT