Talk:Bovista nigrescens

A fact from Bovista nigrescens appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 March 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that phylogenetic relationships between the mushroom Bovista nigrescens and species of Lycoperdaceae were established based on ITS and LSU sequence data from north European taxa?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/March.

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Removal of unsourced statement

Hi, I removed the following statement: "In 2005, Bovista nigrescens inoculated young pine seedlings of the species Pinus caribaea throughout Europe <ref>Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 30148, Nairobi, Kenya</ref><ref>Commonwealth Forestry Institute, OX1 3RB Oxford, UK</ref><ref>http://www.springerlink.com/content/37430785q9m30176/</ref>, causing concern for the future of Pinus caribaea."

Addresses of research institutions shouldn't be used as references, and the article referred to was written in 1983, so it obviously couldn't support the assertion. Also, outbound links like this should be put in a proper citation template, so that full source info appears in the references section. Drop me a line if help is needed finding sources. Sasata (talk) 02:04, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]