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Gyromitra esculenta
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because I intend taking it to FAC, and two of the normal folk I'd ask to copyedit are unavailable for various reasons. It will need some copyediting and suffers for lack of a range map though this is hard as it is found across much of the northern hemisphere though information on exactly where it has been recorded and what its range boundaries are is exceedingly difficult to find. I'd love some more pix too but Australia is a long way from Finland....

Thanks, Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:46, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Comments from 
 * What makes the following reliable sources?
 * http://www.nifg.org.uk/herbarium.htm
 * It is a fungal study group from Northern Ireland, thus more reliable than a single-person blog etc. Would be great for a government website but this has to do for the moment. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:11, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I didn't check for prose, just for WP:RS and WP:V which I would have done at FAC. 15:42, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Any chance we could put the frequently used journals in the Sources section also? It's a picky thing, but it makes it easier to check if the often used sources are in the source section.


 * Thx - hadn't thought of that.Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:11, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Ruhrfisch comments: Seems a shame such an interesting article has not had more comments, so here are some suggestions for improvement, most of which are fairly nit-picky. Hope they help: Very interesting and seems pretty close to FA already, hope this helps, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 04:20, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The lead seems to be a bit short for the length of the article.
 * Most units are given as both metric and English, but not all are, i.e. The spore print is whitish, with transparent spores elliptical and 17-22 μm in length.[18] OR 10 to 30 mg/kg for children and 20 to 50 mg/kg in adults. These doses correspond to approximately to 0.2 to 0.6 kg and 0.4 to 1 kg of fresh mushroom respectively
 * Missing word? It is an early mushroom, and [the? its?] hunting period is from April to July,... (well spotted)
 * Need a ref for The growth can be promoted by breaking the terrain further in places where false morel is known to grow. (agree, have to find where this came from again)
 * Is the word "principle" correct in Gyromitra esculenta contains the poisonous principle gyromitrin ...? Would compound or substance work? (trimmed to the simple 'poison')
 * Geographical variation section is quite short - can it be expanded or combined with another section?
 * Ditto for Prospects for cultivation - not sure if these two could be combined?
 * Provide context for the reader -  MMH also causes oxidative stress leading to methemoglobinemia.[30] explain briefly what methemoglobinemia is, "a blood disorder where red cells cannot carry oxygen" or something similar.
 * Is this a reliable source? The Finnish Wikipedia suggests 6 kg of water for each 1 kg of mushrooms. (removed)
 * Semi-automated review has some helpful suggestions I think.


 * Thx - had been staring at it for so long I must have missed those. Will get cracking. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:20, 3 May 2008 (UTC)