Talk:Spongiforma squarepantsii

Name

 * "The genus name Spongiforma refers to the sponge-like nature of the fruit body, while the specific epithet squarepantsii denotes the similarity with the cartoon character."

What similarity? It looks like a sponge, but not SpongeBob. Presumably then they just did it for publicity. There are plenty of scientific names where the namer has made some kind of pun, but could these researchers not have at least made it a little more subtle by putting "square pants" into Latin, which I'm sure the nearest classicist would have been happy to help them with? Beorhtwulf (talk) 23:15, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The Wikipedia page presents facts, and the talk page is not the place to complain about the facts it presents, but on how well the facts in question are presented. Also, the direct Latin translation of "square pants" would be "Squarebraccea," with "square" meaning "square" (duh) and "braccea" meaning "pants." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.180.129.13 (talk) 15:14, 28 October 2014 (UTC)


 * There's also the fact that scientists can name their own species whatever the heck they wantTheDarkMaster2 (talk) 15:58, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK hook
The DYK hook could have been much more interesting! AshLin (talk) 14:39, 24 May 2014 (UTC)