Talk:Tricholoma pardinum/GA1

GA Review

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I'll be reviewing this article. Full disclosure: I'm a WikiProject Fungi member, but promise not to be biased :) Probably won't be done for a couple of days. Sasata (talk) 21:09, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Do yer worst :) Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:44, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Article placed on hold pending some improvements requested below. Sasata (talk) 07:49, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: ✓ Pass Fixed some small MOS issues. Looks fine now.

2. Factually accurate?: ✓ Pass

3. Broad in coverage?: ✓ Pass

4. Neutral point of view?: ✓ Pass

5. Article stability? ✓ Pass

6. Images?: ✓ Pass

I took the liberty of making of some changes myself, including:

• adding a pic of the gills
• tidying up some taxobox formatting
• wikilinking: beech, specific epithet, mottled, generic name, flesh, toxin, Intravenous fluids
• general copyediting
• formatting refs for consistency. Hope you don't mind the format—my feelings won't be hurt if you change them to another style. I also recommend removing the unused book reference by Miller (which needs a year, btw) unless you can cite it specifically.
• tidying external links

All suggested changes have been addressed, and I believe the article meets the GA criteria, so I am promoting it. Thanks for another nice addition to the fungal "literature", Cas! Sasata (talk) 00:12, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Other

"According to some authors, Tricholoma tigrinum is a synonym of T. pardinum, while others consider T. tigrinum a separate species." Cit who says what. Here's another reference to confuse matters some more:

Abstract: "The fungus has been described in the literature as T. pardinum Quel. or T. tigrinum Schaeff. Both designations are considered incorrect, and the new name T. pardalotum is proposed. This fungus prefers warm temperatures and lime soil. The places where this poisonous fungus was found are listed."

(I have done the best i can do with the sources I have. None explicitly say they might be different, I only note that index fungorum regards them not as synonyms. I have tried googling and nothing seems to come up to help. I will not be able to improve on this until I go into a university library and double check the books there for taxo treatment. All the authorities used as references on this page for the synonymy are theses. aargh)

I was able to locate the Ovrebo thesis reference. Ovebro gives Gyrophila tigrina Schaeffer ex Quel. (1886) and Tricholoma tigrinis Schaeffer ex. Quel (1890) as synonyms (neither are on Fungorum). Ovebro, Clark Ledin. (1981). A taxonomic study of the genus Tricholoma (Agaricales) in the Great Lakes Region. University of Toronto. PhD Thesis. pp. 103-104. Sasata (talk) 08:43, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

OK, that's a start, hopefully I will get to the uni library in the next week or so. Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:34, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Shouldn't be necessary. Google Books has the monograph series Flora Agarica Neerlandica, and they say that Tricholoma tigrinum is a misapplied name. [[1]] While you're there, you can also find the Orson Miller reference ([2]) and link that as well. Sasata (talk) 16:32, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Aha, very useful (and a big sigh of relief all round). Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:06, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

• "It is commonly known as spotted tricholoma, tiger tricholoma or tigertop." Reference please. (done)
• "It may be confused with several edible grey-capped members of the genus Tricholoma, leading some authorities to not recommend picking any of these species for consumption" "not recommend" or "recommend not"? There's a difference. Source? (reworded and reffed. orignal wording was "The inexperienced should avoid all grey tricholomas" )
• "It is found on chalky soil in woodland with beech and fir in summer and autumn in Europe,[5] where it prefers areas of some elevation." Is ref#5 referring to just being found in Europe, or elevation preference as well? If not, I'd like to see a cit for that fact. (reffed)
• "It is abundant in the Jura Mountains in eastern France." Source? (reffed)
• "Tricholoma pardinum is one of several poisonous members of the genus Tricholoma; it is implicated in the most number due to its large size..." awkward, rephrase (reworded to "its large size, fleshy appearance, and pleasant smell and taste add to the risk of it being accidentally consumed" implication redundant really)

• "As of 2007, the identity of the toxin is unknown.[11]" How can a 1995 source be referenced for a 2007 fact? (good point. removed)