Talk:Thelephora palmata/GA1

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Reviewer: Crisco 1492 (talk · contribs) 11:48, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take this. Please note that I am not anywhere near an expert in mushrooms, so expect some questions which may seem very basic. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:48, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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	2c. it contains no original research.	Fine
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	7. Overall assessment.	Pending

Comments

1

Are families italicised? The Thelephoraceae article has it in italics.

Only taxa below family level are italicized (I've fixed the Thelephoraceae article). Sasata (talk) 17:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The wedge-like tips are whitish when young before darkening to grayish brown. - Perhaps "young, but darken as the fungus matures."

Done. Sasata (talk) 17:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why does Scopoli get a descriptor when nobody else did?

There's a lot of names in that section, and it would be repetitive to give descriptors to all (they're all linked anyway). As the primary author, Scopoli deserved a couple of extra words :-) Sasata (talk) 17:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The final two paragraphs of Taxonomy look like they could be merged (both have a little bit about the shape)

Sure, done. Sasata (talk) 17:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

warted with fine spines measuring 0.5–1.5 µm long - Feels like you're missing a comma after warted

Added. Sasata (talk) 17:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The fungus contains the pigment thelephoric acid - Wouldn't this be best in the description

Done. Sasata (talk) 17:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

3

A little light on content. Is anything here worth using?

I've checked all of my sources and scraped what extra material I thought was worthwhile. Many of the JSTOR-indexed papers are single mentions from forays, or other unusable brief mentions. Although the species has been frequently mentioned in the literature, there simply hasn't been a lot of substantial information accumulated (evidenced by the high citation:prose ratio of this article!). Sasata (talk) 19:03, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Spotchecks

Bessette & Bessette looks fine, although I have a question: they say the tips are sometimes (not always) whitish, and compare the tips of the to spatulas (not spoons). Any reason for the discrepancy?

Comparison to spatulas comes from the jargon term spathulate, which essentially means spoon-shaped. Will look at some more sources and see if I can come to a literature consensus about tip color (I've seen some pics with non-whitish tips...) Sasata (talk) 17:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've think I've covered the bases about tip color by adding "or paler than the lower parts." Sasata (talk) 19:03, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bi checks out, no questions
I'm getting a DOI error on Sesli

Removed extraneous comma from DOI. Sasata (talk) 17:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Otherwise looks okay... have to AGF on this, as the sources are almost all offline. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:00, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Putting this on hold to deal with my comments. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:05, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, this looks good now. Passing. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:34, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing, Crisco! Sasata (talk) 00:25, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]