Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fungi

March 2016 update
• Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (36th)

• Ceská Mykologie (173rd) / Czech Mycology (398rd) [combined would be around ~36th]

• Documents Mycologiques (203rd)

• Field Mycology (147th)

• IMA Fungus (526th)

• Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi (445th)

• Revue de Mycologie (253rd)

• Sylloge Fungorum (921st)

• Zeitschrift für Mykologie (552nd)

Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 16:56, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Species without articles team?
Let me know if this is the wrong place for this topic, new to wikipedia, but ongoing fungi and iNat enthusiast.

I am most interested in identification of fungi and have been adding descriptions, distinguishing features, and similar species since that is what helps me the most when I am learning a new fungus. I have just started adding, so far I've added brief excerpts on Amanita Brunnescens, Hypoxylon fragiforme, Rhizomarasmius pyrrhocephalus, Peroneutypa scoparia, Diatrype virescens, Rosellinia subiculata, Stereum lobatum, and Trametes gibbosa. I did these specifically because I have been collecting ID information and more on many different species on a google sheet as I have been learning them, and realized I could store that info for the public here on Wikipedia.

I am reaching out on this talk page because I know that I will eventually fizzle out on this, so I want to make it more fun / social by finding others with a similar goal in mind. A small task force to go through these articles would be cool. I am based in NorthEast US so I have been doing species I am familiar with in that area, but would love to learn from people in different areas.

Some loose themes I try to keep in mind while writing to keep things consistent:

- Explain uncommon words with link and parentheses if possible. Makes it easier for newcomers. Mycological word barf can easily dissuade otherwise eager individuals.

- Including distinguishing features and similar species, so that a reader can actually identify the fungus.

- General consolidation of information. One of my biggest frustrations in learning mycology is how hard it is to find simple information, especially for fungi with not much literature. I might find a description on one blog, pictures on another, microscopy on a research paper, and similar species on another blog. One place, Wikipedia!

Let me know if this makes sense and if you are interested in targeting genera / certain articles. Thank you.

Emrosie (talk) 19:31, 4 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi there!
 * While I am not currently focused on creating new articles for fungi that don't have ones yet, I am interested in expanding fungal stubs, as I can definitely relate to the frustration of finding simple literature on different species, and there is a huge list of fungi articles with only 1 sentence, on Wikipedia. Let me know if this would fit into the taskforce. Зэгс ус (talk) 15:49, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 100%, the one liners are almost the same as the articles not existing.
 * I saw your page with what you are trying to expand / work on. Would you like to chat through slack / discord? Can figure out an efficient and fun way to approach this Emrosie (talk) 16:31, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure. What is your discord tag? Зэгс ус (talk) 17:56, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * emrosei Emrosie (talk) 18:39, 31 January 2024 (UTC)


 * There's some (lengthy) advice about writing articles about plants at WikiProject_Plants/Template, most of which is generally applicable to fungi as well. Plantdrew (talk) 22:32, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

April lichen task force newsletter
The April issue of the lichen task force newsletter is available here. Delivered by MeegsC (talk) 21:16, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Meaning of "too hard to eat"
What do you mean by "too hard to eat" in Mycomorphbox? 184.146.170.127 (talk) 16:42, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Too difficult to prepare?
 * Too rigid to chew?


 * Too rigid to chew. Plantdrew (talk) 16:45, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Obsolete genus name Hugueninia (fungus)
Should Hugueninia (fungus) (which is marked as "later homonym (do not use)") be changed to a redirect to Cyclotheca? Лисан аль-Гаиб (talk) 05:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes it should; I've done so and updated Cyclotheca accordingly. Esculenta (talk) 14:12, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Assistance needed
User:SageOst2024 is trying to get Draft:Complex Xylaria Hypoxilon through AfC. This article is about a species complex including Xylaria hypoxylon. I have proposed incorporating information about the species complex into Xylaria hypoxylon, but I don't know enough about fungi to know whether the species complex should have a separate article. Can anyone help out? Un assiolo (talk) 14:24, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * You are correct, the species complex information should be incorporated into the main Xylaria hypoxylon article. As individual species in the complex get described, separate articles will eventually be made for them. For an example, see the taxonomy section of Parmelia saxatilis. Esculenta (talk) 15:31, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Agreed. There seems very little information to justify an article on the complex. It's not clear what species should be included, only that polymorpha and longipes are excluded. I might be misreading the situation, but it seems most of the specimens in the complex are actually described as Xylaria hypoxylon and that it needs further study to define the species more clearly, i.e. X. hypoxylon as currently understood is probably a species complex including yet to be described species. The iNaturalist forum discussion suggests the work was preliminary in 2022, but I don't see a reference for a "resolution in 2024". Something on the complex in the taxonomy section of X. hypoxylon seems the appropriate approach. —  Jts1882  &#124; talk 16:15, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * To clarify, a species complex is a separate rank from a species, and could have it's own article (and many do already, see ). However this draft is not really distinguishing between Xylaria hypoxylon the species and the Xylaria hypoxylon species complex, nor is it especially long.  I agree with  that it should be 'merged'. awkwafaba (📥) 16:16, 10 July 2024 (UTC)