Talk:Calvatia sculpta/GA1

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Reviewer: Ucucha 05:44, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

You've been into odd-looking fungi lately, it seems. This one merits a somewhat longer lead.
 * I've been toying with topics such as "Freaky-looking fungi" or "Weird things you can eat". Lead lengthened. Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)


 * So because it looked like a species of Calvatia which is now placed in Lycoperdon, it was transferred from Lycoperdon to Calvatia?
 * That's mushroom taxonomy for you. That's the story, to the best of my understanding. Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)


 * "In age, the peridium sloughs off and exposes a brownish spore mass. The interior of the puffball, the gleba, is firm and yellowish-white when young, but gradually becomes powdery and deep olive-brown as it matures."—please cite
 * Done. Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Don't you usually have "Similar species" as a subsection of "Description"?
 * Missed a = = . Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)


 * You compare it with C. subcretacea, but that (according to this article) is a synonym of C. arctica.
 * Apparently MycoBank and Index Fungorum don't know about the 1994 paper which made them synonymous. I fixed the name and added a citation. Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)


 * A few points from the Baseia and Calonge (2008) paper: it is sometimes considered uncommon, spore diameter may be up to 9.5 micrometer, perhaps mention the various explanations (vicariance, human introduction, cryptic species) they give to account for the Brazilian distribution.
 * All added. Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Two old papers with esoteric-sounding but perhaps useful information:
 * Title: TORUS-SHAPED STRUCTURES IN HYPHAE OF CALVATIA-SCULPTA
 * Author(s): ROSE, JM; COUSE, NL
 * Source: TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRITISH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY  Volume: 79   Issue: AUG   Pages: 172-174   Published:  1982


 * Title: INDUCTION OF MYCELIAL STRANDS IN CALVATIA-SCULPTA
 * Author(s): BELLOTTI, RA; COUSE, NL
 * Source: TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRITISH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY  Volume: 74   Issue: FEB   Pages: 19-25   Published:  1980
 * I want to check these out, but they are at the library which is only open weekdays until 5 during the summer, and I can usually only go on weekends. They're already on my library "to do" list, and will be added (if worthy) next time I can make it there. Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Ucucha 05:44, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for all the fixes. The papers mentioned are certainly not necessary for GA, so I am passing the article now. Ucucha 17:25, 10 July 2010 (UTC)