User:A.twohig/Paleomycology/Fungus Consumer Peer Review

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A.twohig
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 * Link to draft you're reviewing:User:A.twohig/Paleomycology
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists):Paleomycology

Evaluate the drafted changes
Hello! Here's my peer review.

First off, that's really unfortunate that everything was lost! Although it seems you have been able to add quite a bit to the base article.

Overall
It seems you are lacking a lead, I am assuming you are writing out everything else and then writing your lead as a summary of everything? Starting with the definition of paleomycology and where it lies within paleontology is a great start though.

I do like starting the main body with the history of paleomycology as a whole, that could be a good first heading to kick off your article. If you went this route you could potentially dive a bit deeper into Luigi Meschinelli and his work since no wiki article exists for him currently; finding some pictures of his illustrations could be a good way to integrate visuals.

Your next section seems to focus on "Discovery" so that could serve as a good sub-heading or even heading. I liked the inclusion of examples and highlighting how integral amber has been to discovery and research. Diving deeper into this could provide a more well-rounded section for you. An example of less common myco-fossils could be interesting to explore here as well, but I do like how well it transitions into the symbiotic relationships.

The loose sentence right below this paragraph could go well in the lead, especially when transitioning into a summary of the mycorrhizal segment.

I definitely believe you should have an "Ecology" heading which would allow you to include the chunk of information covering mycorrhizal relationships, bioeroders, and food web impacts (all which could be their own sub-heading) in a way that connects them nicely. The mycorrhizal section is a nice summary and contains quite a bit of information which allows you to explore the variety of relationship types and topics that are potentially of high interest within the paleomycology field but also in modern mycology. I wonder if there are any endo/epimycorrhizal fungi that are the "Golden Child" within research, or is there no real focus? Diving deeper into the role of the two major types (endo/epi) of mycorrhizal fungi (how/what is traded or IF anything is traded) could be beneficial to this article and allow you to explore the fungi that can switch from being beneficial to saprobic and where that potentially popped up in Earth's timeline (if that information is available). The bioeroder topic is very intriguing to me and if there is information, you should definitely explore it! The same goes for food web impacts, these two could potentially be strong subheadings within this ecological section.

I appreciate the inclusion of paleomycology's use in geological studies and think it is worth expanding upon, this could potentially be a heading covering "Interdisciplinary Uses". You could connect it back with paleoecology with the food webs, maybe even archaeology if there are significant studies showing impacts of fungi in diets, geology, and any other disciplines pop up in your research.

Sources, Tone, Final Thoughts
Your sources thus far look fine, but there is a heavy reliance on the fourth source (potentially because you are restarting) so expanding your sources will certainly help with going more in-depth to the subjects you choose to hone in on.

Tonally, you seem neutral and scientific, thumbs up there!

Overall, it is a good start, I would suggest thinking of what big sections you might want to make based on your research thus far and work on filling those in (I'm not sure how many or what your big headings were before it was lost). It seems you have a path you are following, so just keep chipping away at it!

Great Job!

~Ollie Rice ::)