Talk:Volvopluteus gloiocephalus

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ucucha (talk · contribs) 06:57, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi Sasata, I'll be reviewing this article. Ucucha (talk) 06:57, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

• You can have a variety that has nomenclatural priority over its species? That's odd.

• Well, the species was first named Agaricus gloiocephalus; it wasn't until later that mycologists started referring to it as the gloiocephalus variety of V. speciosa. I admit the taxonomy section could be fleshed out more, and I will do that if this ever visits FAC. Sasata (talk) 20:12, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

• I understand that (and actually the taxonomy section seems well-written); what is odd to me is that they made it a variety of a species that it has nomenclatural priority over, but I suppose that's how botanical nomenclature works. Ucucha (talk) 07:49, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

• "Lineage" is a rather vague term to use (and our article Lineage (evolution) contradicts itself: it first defines "lineage" as an anagenetic lineage, then as a clade). Why not use "clade"?

• Ok, done. Sasata (talk) 20:12, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

• What do "ventricose" and "pruinose" mean?

• Glossed both. Sasata (talk) 20:12, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

• Is there not more to say on its distribution? For example, does it occur at high elevations, or in rainforests or deserts?

• I looked again through my field guides and other sources and none give more about the distribution that what is already in the article. Thanks for the review Ucucha! Sasata (talk) 20:12, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Apart from these very minor queries, it's looking good. Ucucha (talk) 07:08, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

I'm passing the article as a GA now. Ucucha (talk) 07:49, 7 July 2013 (UTC)