Talk:Phellodon

Latest comment: 9 years ago by J Milburn in topic GA Review

GA Review

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Reviewer: J Milburn (talk · contribs) 17:07, 15 September 2015 (UTC)Reply


Just "claiming" this review now, but I won't be able to get to it this evening. Others are of course welcome to comment/contribute in the mean time- we're a collaborative project after all! Josh Milburn (talk) 17:07, 15 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

  • Is "coalesce" not slightly jargon-y for the lead? I'm not certain on that.
  • "of a genera decline of the genus" Do you mean general decline, or have I misunderstood your claim here?
  • "Baird and Khan investigated spore ornamentation in North American Phellodon species using scanning electron microscopy, and rejected the placement of Phellodon in the Bankeraceae" I appreciate that you can't necessarily hash out the full extent of legitimate expert disagreement, but it's quite striking that this is effectively left "unchallenged" in the article even though you list the family in the taxobox- or have I misunderstood?
  • I've expanded on this a bit. I haven't found anything (yet) in the literature that directly counters Baird and Khan's rejection of placing this genus in the Bankeraceae, but all recent sources put the genus in this family. Sasata (talk) 18:02, 19 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
  • "concentrical zones" also strikes me as jargon
  • "The fibrous flesh is single to double-layered." It's not clear to me what this means
  • "monomitic, with generative hyphae" Jargon
  • "cystidioles" is also jargon
  • "Many Phellodon species are known from the southeastern United States, which has an extensive history of research in the area" What area?
  • "In a preliminary assessment for a Red List of threatened British Fungi, P. confluens and P. tomentosus are endangered, P. melaleucus are endangered, and P. niger is rare.[23]" I think this sentence needs looking at. The capitalisation is odd, you twice list "endangered" species and there is no explanation/link for what is meant by "endangered" and/or "rare".
  • The sources all look great; my only questions: why do you have "(abstract)" in the Niemelä source? Why do you have Harrison 1961 separately when it's only cited in once?
  • According to my understanding, when a link to a reference is given, it is implied that the link will take one to the source unless otherwise specified. Explicitly stating "abstract" lets the reader know where they'll be taken. Fixed Harrison source. Sasata (talk) 18:45, 17 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

Some people might object to the inconsistent number of species and the slight focus on the type species, but I appreciate the difficulty with this issue, and I think you have the balance about right. The biochemistry section is a little difficult for me to follow, but it's the kind of thing I'm always going to struggle with. This strikes me as a very strong article, and I will happily promote once the above issues have been looked into. (Please double-check my edits.) Josh Milburn (talk) 18:02, 16 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for another helpful review Josh. I've reworked the biochem section a bit, but understand it'll still need some more smoothing before an eventual FAC. Hopefully the discrepancy in the number of species is now clarified. Sasata (talk) 18:02, 19 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
Very happy with the improvements; I've made a last tweak to the article and an image page, and I'm now happy to promote. Great work, as ever. Josh Milburn (talk) 09:27, 20 September 2015 (UTC)Reply