Talk:Mycena atkinsoniana/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: J Milburn (talk · contribs) 09:58, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Mine! Great to see you churning them out again. Review to follow. J Milburn (talk) 09:58, 24 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't know whetehr both are acceptable on your side of the Atlantic, but "fall" (in reference to the season) is an unknown term over here. Perhaps "autumn" may be more accessible?
 * We seem to repeat this exchange every few months :) Changed to autumn. Sasata (talk) 02:59, 26 August 2012 (UTC)


 * "The cap has a whitish bloom at first, but this later sloughs off to leave a smooth surface." It's not quite clear what you mean by a "bloom" here.
 * My attempt to de-jargonize "pruinose" failed ... now reworded. Sasata (talk) 02:59, 26 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Judging from the image, the gills split and fork; is this worth mentioning in the prose? If no source mentions it, I'd guess not, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
 * Oddly enough, I can't find this mentioned in any of my sources. Sasata (talk) 02:59, 26 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure if you realise, but you can access all of Smith's book online, if you want to add convenience links. You don't have to, I appreciate that it can be a little messy. On that note, the microscopic characteristics section sometimes veers a little close to the original text- not a massive problem, but perhaps something to be aware of with the controversy that flares at FAC from time to time.
 * No problem, I'm glad you point it out. I've distanced the text further from the source. Sasata (talk) 02:59, 26 August 2012 (UTC)


 * You have provided a publisher and location for the Geesteranus ref, but not for other journal articles.
 * Removed. Sasata (talk) 02:59, 26 August 2012 (UTC)


 * What makes Les champignons du Québec reliable, and why have you italicised the title?
 * Working on a print source for this. I can find a Google Books snippet from a 1983 Le Naturaliste Canadien that suggests it could be used as a source, but will have to dig further to find the biblio details. If that fails, there's a Quebecois field guide at the library. Sasata (talk) 02:59, 26 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Do we know who this one is named after? Presumably the "Atkinson" Smith refers to on page 145?
 * Presumably; I mentioned Atkinson's name without explicitly stating that Smith named the mushroom after him. Sasata (talk) 02:59, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

I really like this article- it manages to combine the mycology of getting down and amongst leaves and moss with the mycology of "some overlooked 19th century booklet". Hope this is helpful. J Milburn (talk) 10:37, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review; will try to replace that Quebec citation shortly. Sasata (talk) 02:59, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Circeus mentioned that he thinks the Mycoquebec.org site is sufficiently reliable as a source for Quebec distribution. Investigating further, I see that the new site Mycoportal (a new NSF-funded project aiming to catalogue and index fungal biodiversity and herbarium collections of fungi) has already integrated Mycoquebec.org's distribution data (see here and here), so I imagine that further evinces data reliability. What do you think? Sasata (talk) 19:05, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok- not ideal, but I think "it can also be found in Quebec" is not all that controversial! I'm happy to promote the article at this time. Great work, as ever. J Milburn (talk) 19:48, 26 August 2012 (UTC)