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Lycoperdon echinatum, commonly known as the spiny puffball or the spring puffball, is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. The saprobic species has been found in Africa, Europe, Central America and North America, where it grows on soil in deciduous woods, glades, and pastures. Molecular analysis indicates that Lycoperdon echinatum is closely related to the puffball genus Handkea. Initially white in color, the puffballs turn a dark brown as they mature, at the same time changing from nearly round to somewhat flattened. The fruit bodies are edible when young, when the interior is white and firm and before it has turned into a powdery brown mass of spores. Young specimens of L. echinatum resemble another edible spiny puffball, Lycoperdon pulcherrimum, but this latter species does not turn brown as it ages. Laboratory tests have shown that extracts of the fruit bodies can inhibit the growth of several bacteria that are pathogenic to humans. (more...)
Extra dollars coming to Michigan film industry
Source: Detroit Free Press
Michigan's ailing movie industry has won a key victory by getting Gov. Rick Snyder to agree to double the money spent on film grants. But industry players warned that this one-time injection of additional ...
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Source: GreenvilleOnline.com
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Source: Minor League Baseball News
On a team loaded with talent, Tyler Austin has stood out with arguably the strongest season so far for Class A Charleston. So it's no surprise that whenever the club needed a clutch hit Thursday, it was Austin who came through. ...
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Source: New York Post
A golfer in Tennessee hit a hole in one — with the “hole” being the mouth of a passing motorcyclist. The harried hacker hooked a 14th-hole tee shot onto a highway, where it bounced and nailed a woman motorcyclist riding with her husband. Several ...
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Bobby Joe Brown
Source: Times Record News
Bobby Joe Brown, 77, of Wichita Falls passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2012. A Funeral Mass will be recited at 10:00 AM Saturday, March 26, 2012 at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church with Father Fernando Preciado, celebrant. Interment will f ...
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Source: The Tennessean
Vanderbilt senior Riley Reynolds likes to talk about his warning-track power. Maybe Florida should have listened. The singles-hitting infielder, who playfully bragged he had been hitting some balls to the wall in batting practice last week, mustered ...
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Robert Nkemdiche: Did UGA hire coach to get No. 1 prospect?
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution Blogs
Did UGA hire one of Robert Nkemdiche’s former high school coaches to get an advantage for the No. 1 college football prospect in the nation? It’s a JFK conspiracy theory that has been debated here and here a ...
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Exeter Express and Echo published Exeter City swimmers qualify for nationals
Source: Western Morning News
THREE Exeter City Swimming Club members achieved national qualifying times at the South Western Regional Youth Championships. Amy Cole, Sally Whybra and Jess Twose all collected medals for their individual event as well as setting times q ...
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Source: The A.V. Club
Kelly Hogan was one of the Chicago alt-country scene’s brightest stars of the 1990s, and she has never stopped singing in the years since then—but she went a long time without releasing an album. Someone looking at ...
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