Talk:Calvatia sculpta

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the puffball mushroom Calvatia sculpta (pictured) has been described as "a cross between a geodesic dome and a giant glob of meringue"?

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Reviewer: Ucucha 05:44, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You've been into odd-looking fungi lately, it seems. This one merits a somewhat longer lead.

I've been toying with topics such as "Freaky-looking fungi" or "Weird things you can eat". Lead lengthened. Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So because it looked like a species of Calvatia which is now placed in Lycoperdon, it was transferred from Lycoperdon to Calvatia?

That's mushroom taxonomy for you. That's the story, to the best of my understanding. Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"In age, the peridium sloughs off and exposes a brownish spore mass. The interior of the puffball, the gleba, is firm and yellowish-white when young, but gradually becomes powdery and deep olive-brown as it matures."—please cite

Done. Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Don't you usually have "Similar species" as a subsection of "Description"?

Missed a = = . Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You compare it with C. subcretacea, but that (according to this article) is a synonym of C. arctica.

Apparently MycoBank and Index Fungorum don't know about the 1994 paper which made them synonymous. I fixed the name and added a citation. Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A few points from the Baseia and Calonge (2008) paper: it is sometimes considered uncommon, spore diameter may be up to 9.5 micrometer, perhaps mention the various explanations (vicariance, human introduction, cryptic species) they give to account for the Brazilian distribution.

All added. Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Two old papers with esoteric-sounding but perhaps useful information:

Title: TORUS-SHAPED STRUCTURES IN HYPHAE OF CALVATIA-SCULPTA

Author(s): ROSE, JM; COUSE, NL

Source: TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRITISH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY Volume: 79 Issue: AUG Pages: 172-174 Published: 1982

Title: INDUCTION OF MYCELIAL STRANDS IN CALVATIA-SCULPTA

Author(s): BELLOTTI, RA; COUSE, NL

Source: TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRITISH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY Volume: 74 Issue: FEB Pages: 19-25 Published: 1980

I want to check these out, but they are at the library which is only open weekdays until 5 during the summer, and I can usually only go on weekends. They're already on my library "to do" list, and will be added (if worthy) next time I can make it there. Sasata (talk) 17:13, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ucucha 05:44, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for all the fixes. The papers mentioned are certainly not necessary for GA, so I am passing the article now. Ucucha 17:25, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]