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The Russulaceae are a diverse family of fungi in the order Russulales, with roughly 1,900 known species and a worldwide distribution. They include the genus Russula and the milk-cap mushrooms, some of which are edible. Russulaceae have gilled mushrooms characterised by brittle flesh. In addition to these typical agaricoid forms, the family contains species with fruitbodies that are laterally stiped (pleurotoid), closed (secotioid or gasteroid), or crust-like (corticioid). Molecular phylogenetics has demonstrated close affinities between species with very different fruitbody types and has discovered new, distinct lineages. An important group of root-symbiotic Russulaceae fungi in forests and shrublands around the world includes Lactifluus, Multifurca, Russula, and Lactarius. The crust-forming genera Boidinia, Gloeopeniophorella, and Pseudoxenasma, all wood-decay fungi, have basal positions in the family. (Full article...)

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Digital restoration of Atlanticopristis, based on relatives

... that the extinct sawfish Atlanticopristis (artist's impression pictured) had multiple barbs on both sides of its teeth?
... that Volker David Kirchner, who composed operas for the Wiesbaden State Theatre and a mass for the Mainz Cathedral, was the first recipient of the Rheingau Musikpreis?
... that the A483 Newtown bypass was diverted after a campaign to save the Brimmon Oak, which is thought to be more than 500 years old?
... that Croatian theater director Saša Broz trademarked the name and signatures of her grandfather, Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito?
... that Ideal Records was the predominant Tejano music label of the 1940s and 1950s?
... that Roman general Publius Cornelius Dolabella was denied a triumph for defeating Tacfarinas' 10-year insurgency partly because Emperor Tiberius had already declared victory?
... that in Buddhism, transfer of merit to deceased loved ones is seen as a better alternative than mourning?
... that the title of There There, a 2018 novel about urban Indians in Oakland, California, mirrors Gertrude Stein's quip about the city that "There is no there there"?

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Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

The ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia is officially lifted.
Canada legalizes the recreational use of cannabis with effect from October 2018, making it the second country to do so.
An overloaded tourist ferry capsizes in Lake Toba, Indonesia, killing at least 3 people and leaving 193 others missing.
In golf, Brooks Koepka wins the U.S. Open at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club (pictured).

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June 25: Statehood Day in Croatia and Slovenia

Rainbow flag for LGBT pride

1658 – Anglo-Spanish War: English colonial forces repelled a Spanish attack in the largest battle ever fought on the island of Jamaica.
1940 – World War II: The evacuation of nearly 200,000 Allied soldiers from French ports was completed.
1967 – More than an estimated 400 million people viewed Our World, the first live international satellite television production.
1978 – The rainbow flag (most common version pictured) representing gay pride first flew in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
2013 – In response to a Freedom of Information request, the CIA admitted the existence of Area 51, the secretive military airfield in Nevada that has become a focus of various UFO and conspiracy theories.

Niels, King of Denmark (d. 1134) · David Douglas (b. 1799) · Sonia Sotomayor (b. 1954)

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Target Field station

There are 37 light rail stations in the Metro system, a public transportation network serving the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota, metropolitan area. Construction on the network's first light rail line, the Blue Line, began in 2001 and the system's first 12 stations opened on June 26, 2004. Later that year, five more stations opened, linking downtown Minneapolis with the Mall of America station in Bloomington, Minnesota. Two more stations opened on the Blue Line in 2009, including a new northern terminus, Target Field station (pictured). Construction on the Green Line began in 2010 and the entire line, connecting downtown Minneapolis and downtown Saint Paul, opened in 2014. Extensions to both lines are planned. An eastward extension from Target Field will add 15 new stations to the Green Line, connecting it to Eden Prairie, Minnesota, while a northward extension from Target Field will connect the Blue Line to Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, adding 11 stations to the system. The Green and Blue line extensions are slated to open for passenger service in 2021 and 2022, respectively. (Full list...)

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A view of the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze through the periscope of the submarine USS Nautilus, after being torpedoed approximately 60 nautical miles (110 km) southeast of Yokosuka, Japan. The Shiratsuyu-class destroyer, which had been traveling independently from Ōminato towards the Inland Sea, sank with all hands. Yamakaze had previously been involved in battles at Tarakan (1942), Java Sea (1942), and Midway (1942), sinking one submarine and assisting in the sinking of two ships.

Photograph: United States Navy

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