Viscum album originally described by Linnaeus. Its species name is the Latin adjective "albus" "white". It and the other members of the genus "Viscum" were originally classified in the mistletoe family Viscaceae, but this family has since been sunk into the larger family Santalaceae. Several subspecies are commonly accepted. They differ in fruit colour, leaf shape and size, and most obviously in the host trees utilised. European mistletoe is potentially fatal, in a concentrated form, and people can become seriously ill from eating the berries. The toxic lectin viscumin has been isolated from "Viscum album". Viscumin is a cytotoxic protein (ribosome inactivating
Fanfare for the Common Man band Enter Shikari included a song titled "Fanfare for the Conscious Man" on their album Common Dreads. The song is a criticism of British involvement in the Iraq War. A version was used in the soundtrack for the 2010 released indie game Revenge of the Titans. An excerpt was used in the opening of The San Remo Festival 2015 Daft Punk Tron: Legacy 2010 Track 1 - Overture Fanfare for the Common Man Fanfare for the Common Man is a musical work by the American composer Aaron Copland. It was written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under conductor