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Tylopilus felleus is a fungus of the bolete family. Its distribution includes east Asia, northern Europe, and eastern North America, extending south into Mexico and Central America. A mycorrhizal species, it grows in deciduous and coniferous woodland, often fruiting under beech and oak. Its fruit bodies (mushrooms) have convex or flat caps that are shades of brown, buff, or tan, and typically measure up to 15 cm (6 in) in diameter. The pore surface is initially white before turning pinkish with age. Like most boletes it lacks a ring, and it may be distinguished from Boletus edulis and other similar species by its unusual pink pores and the prominent dark brown netlike pattern on its stalk. French mycologist Pierre Bulliard described this species as Boletus felleus in 1788 before it was transferred into the new genus Tylopilus. It is the type species of Tylopilus, and the only member of the genus found in Europe. Tylopilus felleus has bioactive compounds that have been tested for antitumour and antibiotic properties. Although not poisonous, it is generally considered too bitter to be edible. (Full article...)

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Jaimie Alexander (b. 1984) is an American actress who made her debut in the 2006 film The Other Side. After a series of television and film roles, in 2007 she was cast as Jessi Hollander in the ABC Family series Kyle XY; she portrayed the role until the series was canceled in 2009. Two years later she took on the role of Sif in the live-action superhero film, Thor; she has reprised this role in the sequel, Thor: The Dark World (2013), and the tie-in series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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