Talk:Lindbladia tubulina/GA1

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Reviewer: Sasata (talk · contribs) 03:50, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi,

I'm afraid there's too many problems with this article to consider promoting it to GA at this time. I've left a detailed list of comments and that hope whoever decides to work on this in the future will find it helpful in bringing the article up to GA standard. Sasata (talk) 03:50, 15 October 2012 (UTC)


 * the taxobox is incomplete:
 * both the species and binomial parameters should be used, as well as the "binomial_authority"
 * the order is missing, and the family is given as Enteridiidae, but my Dictionary of the Fungi (2008), in the section on "Protozoan fungal analogues", gives family Cribrariaceae, which in turn is in the order Liceida. For completeness, the article should probably mention the (invalid) family Lindbladiaceae, circumscribed by Marcel Locquin in 1972 (presumably to contain this genus)


 * there's much unexplained jargon in the "Characteristics" section that makes it hard to follow the text (even for me, and I'm used to this type of writing!). What is pseudoaethalioide/aethalioid? Stipe? Iridescent? Dictydian granule? Distydian pellets? Is sporangiat a typo?
 * The prose needs to be copyedited throughout, some examples:
 * "produces a permanent subsurface for the fruit body." on the fruit body?
 * "It is smooth on the edges and partly smooth," ?
 * "Dictydian granules are found in the shape darker or colourless pellets," ?
 * "The spores are as spore mass ochre to olive brown"


 * mention should be made somewhere of the variant simplex – who described it and when, is it still considered a valid variety, and if so, how it differs from the main type?
 * also, what about the species Lindbladia effusa? What happened to it to make this genus monotypic? How about Lindbladia cribrarioides?
 * it would be useful to give a link to Fries's prologue; this is available at Biodiversity Heritage Library
 * what are the synonyms of Lindbladia tubulina? Suirely it's been shuffled around during its taxonomic history?
 * no discussion of birefringence? According to the (single) source used, this is an importance taxonomic character in the myxos, and its presence/absence in this species should be mentioned.
 * in the source, much emphasis is given about the presence of calcium in the granules as a taxonomic character, but this is not mentioned in the article
 * this is also an article on a genus, so some mention should be made on how it compares to the other genera in the family (Cricraria and Dictydium I think, but should check the literature to make sure this is up to date)
 * it also grows on sawdust ("the largest fruiting bodies collected frequently occur on sawdust piles"), but this is not mentioned in the article.
 * there are several article that pop up in a lit search that appear as if they'd have interesting or useful information to help flesh out this article:
 * Title: BIOACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS FROM MYXOMYCETES HAVING EFFECTS ON SIGNALING PATHWAYS
 * Author(s): Ishibashi, Masami; Arai, Midori A.
 * Source: HETEROCYCLES Volume: 85   Issue: 6   Pages: 1299-1332   DOI: 10.3987/REV-12-732   Published: JUN 1 2012


 * Title: Approaches to Neural Stem Cells and Cancer Cells Based on Natural Products
 * Author(s): Arai, Midori A.
 * Source: CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN Volume: 59   Issue: 4   Pages: 417-426   Published: APR 2011


 * Title: The first Hes1 dimer inhibitors from natural products
 * Author(s): Arai, Midori A.; Masada, Ayako; Ohtsuka, Toshiyuki; et al.
 * Source: BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS Volume: 19   Issue: 19   Pages: 5778-5781   DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.07.146   Published: OCT 1 2009


 * Title: Study on Myxomycetes as a new source of bioactive natural products
 * Author(s): Ishibashi, Masami
 * Source: YAKUGAKU ZASSHI-JOURNAL OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN Volume: 127   Issue: 9   Pages: 1369-1381   DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.127.1369   Published: 2007


 * Title: Dihydrolindbladiones, three new naphthoquinone pigments from a myxomycete Lindbladia tubulina
 * Author(s): Misono, Y; Ishikawa, Y; Yamamoto, Y; et al.
 * Source: JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS Volume: 66   Issue: 7   Pages: 999-1001   DOI: 10.1021/np030089x   Published: JUL 2003


 * Title: Lindbladione and related naphthoquinone pigments from a myxomycete Lindbladia tubulina
 * Author(s): Ishikawa, Y; Ishibashi, M; Yamamoto, Y; et al.
 * Source: CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN Volume: 50   Issue: 8   Pages: 1126-1127   DOI: 10.1248/cpb.50.1126   Published: AUG 2002


 * it's also found in Turkey:
 * Title: New records for the myxomycetes flora of Turkey
 * Author(s): Ergul, C. Cem; Dulger, Basaran
 * Source: Turkish Journal of Botany Volume: 26   Issue: 4   Pages: 277-280   Published: 2002


 * ... Australia ...
 * Title: Two slime fungi new to Queensland from Kroombit Tops.
 * Author(s): Cribb, A.B.
 * Source: Queensland Naturalist Volume: 27   Issue: 1-4   Pages: 22-23   Published: 1986


 * South America
 * Title: MYXOMYCETES OF ARGENTINA CATALOG DISTRIBUTION AND KEY TO SPECIES
 * Author(s): DESCHAMPS J R
 * Source: Physis Seccion C los Continentes y los Organismos Terrestres Volume: 35   Issue: 90   Pages: 147-171   Published: 1976


 * India
 * Title: TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON INDIAN MYXOMYCETES PART 4 SOME NEW RECORDS OF LICEALES
 * Author(s): LAKHANPAL T N; MUKERJI K G
 * Source: Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy Part B Biological Sciences Volume: 42   Issue: 1   Pages: 29-33   Published: 1976


 * ... and Papua New Guinea/New Caledonia
 * Title: Myxomycetes from Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia
 * Author(s): Henrik Kylin, David W. Mitchell, El-Hacène Seraoui and Bart Buyck
 * Source: Fungal Diversity 2012