Word: purplish
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...clav Hálek was out in the woods on a recent afternoon, foraging for wild mushrooms. But their flavor was far from his mind - Hálek, 66, was after their sound. He found his quarry 10 minutes into his walk: a beautiful Fragile Russula with a purplish top. After a moment of prayer, he reached for a sheet of notepaper and wrote out a short piece for solo violin. "They are all compositions that in some way portray a particular mushroom," he says. As Hálek tells it, he transcribes music that emanates from the fungi...
...clav Hálek was out in the woods on a recent afternoon, foraging for wild mushrooms. But their flavor was far from his mind-Hálek, 66, was after their sound. He found his quarry 10 minutes into his walk: a beautiful Fragile Russula with a purplish top. After a moment of prayer, he reached for a sheet of notepaper and wrote out a short piece for solo violin. "They are all compositions that in some way portray a particular mushroom," he says. As Hálek tells it, he transcribes music that emanates from the fungi...
...women "rescued" in Kosovo in a six-month period last year refused to incriminate their captors. Twice peacekeepers have raided a railside nightclub in the south central town of Ferizai, and twice they came up empty-handed after the girls failed to incriminate the owner, even though purplish cigarette burns were plainly visible along their upper arms...