Triticum compactum erinaceum Triticum compactum erinaceum Triticum compactum erinaceum, also called California Club Wheat or Mayview wheat, is an extinct subspecies of the hexaploid club wheat Triticum compactum. "T. compactum erinaceum" was a bearded, hairy rachis, red-chaffed wheat named for its appearance similar to that of a hedgehog. "T. compactum erinaceum" was thought to have disappeared before 1822. However data from the United States Department of Agriculture indicates two additional specimen that were discovered and identified as "T. compactum erinaceum" more than a hundred years after their presumed disappearance. The new specimen indicate that "T. compactum erinaceum" was grown in the United States
Mr. T Cereal of a packet of Mr. T. stickers, which were packaged inside boxes of the cereal. Some collectors have collected Mr. T. Cereal, and some collectors have retained unopened boxes of it with the cereal still in the box. Mr. T Cereal appeared in the film "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", in which Pee Wee Herman held a box of the cereal and stated "I pity the poor fool that don't eat my cereal." After this, Pee-wee opened the box and poured the cereal over a dish of eggs and pancakes. It is part of the "I pity the fool" catchphrase that