Five U.S. states, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, and Utah, have officially declared a state mushroom. Minnesota was the first to declare a species; Morchella esculenta was chosen as its state mushroom in 1984, and codified into Statute in 2010. [1] Five other states, Missouri, Washington, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York, [2] [3] [4] have had state mushrooms proposed.
| State | Species | Image | Year of designation | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | Cantharellus californicus |  | 2023 | [5] |
| Minnesota | Morchella esculenta |  | 2010 [nb 1] | [6] |
| Oregon | Cantharellus formosus |  | 1999 | [7] |
| Texas | Chorioactis geaster |  | 2021 | [8] |
| Utah | Boletus edulis |  | 2023 | [9] |
| State | Species | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | Calvatia gigantea |  | [10] |
| Missouri | Cantharellus lateritius |  | [11] [12] |
| New York | Lactarius peckii |  | [13] |
| Vermont | Hericium americanum Bear's head tooth fungus |  | [4] |
| Washington | Tricholoma magnivelare |  | [14] |
| Tricholoma murrillianum |  | [15] |
The United States has inherited sodomy laws which constitutionally outlawed a variety of sexual acts that are deemed illegal, illicit, unlawful or unnatural from the colonial laws in the 17th century. While they often targeted sexual acts between persons of the same sex, many sodomy-related statutes employed definitions broad enough to outlaw certain sexual acts between persons of different sexes, in some cases even including acts between married persons.
The flags of the U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia exhibit a variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as different styles and design principles. Modern U.S. state flags date from the turn of the 20th century, when states considered distinctive symbols for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Most U.S. state flags were designed and adopted between 1893 and World War I.
Morchella esculenta is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae of the Ascomycota. It is one of the most readily recognized of all the edible mushrooms and highly sought after. Each fruit body begins as a tightly compressed, grayish sponge with lighter ridges, and expands to form a large yellowish sponge with large pits and ridges raised on a large white stem. The pitted yellow-brown caps measure 2–7 centimetres broad by 2–10 cm (1–4 in) tall, and are fused to the stem at its lower margin, forming a continuous hollow. The pits are rounded and irregularly arranged. The hollow stem is typically 2–9 cm long by 2–5 cm (1–2 in) thick, and white to yellow. The fungus fruits under hardwoods and conifers during a short period in the spring, depending on the weather, and is also associated with old orchards, woods and disturbed grounds.
Hate crime laws in the United States are state and federal laws intended to protect against hate crimes. While state laws vary, current statutes permit federal prosecution of hate crimes committed on the basis of a person's characteristics of race, religion, ethnicity, disability, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and campus police departments are required to collect and publish hate crime statistics.
In response to court action in a number of states, the United States federal government and a number of state legislatures passed or attempted to pass legislation either prohibiting or allowing same-sex marriage or other types of same-sex unions.
Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War, presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and was the first U.S. president.
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