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Calvatia sculpta

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 26, 2017 by - Dank (push to talk) 00:16, 15 June 2017 (UTC)



Calvatia sculpta, commonly known as the sculpted puffball, is a species of puffball fungus in the Agaricaceae family. Attaining dimensions of up to 8 to 15 cm tall by 8 to 10 cm wide, the pear- or egg-shaped puffball is readily recognizable because of the large pyramidal or polygonal warts covering its surface. It is edible when young, before the spores inside the fruit body disintegrate into a brownish powder. Originally described from the Sierra Nevada, C. sculpta is found in mountainous areas in western North America, and was found in a Brazilian dune in 2008. It may be easily confused with Calbovista subsculpta, a similar puffball that—in addition to differences observable only with microscopy—is larger, and has slightly raised warts with a felt-like texture. Other similar species include Calvatia arctica and immature specimens of Amanita magniverrucata.
 * Most recent similar article(s): 19 June 2017 (Auriscalpium vulgare)
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 * Promoted: 13 October 2011
 * Reasons for nomination: because it looks like a lemon meringue pie, and we all miss
 * Support as nominator. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:05, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Support   Pumpkin Sky   talk  22:24, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Support as it is an interesting article. My only concern is to have two article on similar subjects on the front page so close to each other (the June 19 2017 one referenced above), but that is not a major concern. Aoba47 (talk) 14:07, 14 June 2017 (UTC)