Talk:Sarcoscypha occidentalis

Sarcoscypha occidentalis has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
April 3, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 7, 2010.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that despite being named for its distribution in the western hemisphere, the fungus Sarcoscypha occidentalis (pictured) is also found in Asia?

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Sarcoscypha occidentalis/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Ucucha 18:51, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lead could be longer, I think

Added a bit. Sasata (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Still on the short side, I think—but enough for GA.

~~Images and graphics are crammed at the top and could be moved a little down, where it's more lonely.~~

I moved the image in the description section down a bit, but can't see an easy way to adjust anything else.

Molliardiomyces

? Sasata (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, should have taken that out before saving. Ucucha 20:11, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~What are paraphyses?~~

Added a parenthetical def'n. Sasata (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~The alt text under "Similar species" shouldn't be there or should be real alt text.~~

Leftover from copy/paste. Removed. Sasata (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~Does this add anything or is it too esoteric?~~

Title: Spore ontogeny in species of Sarcoscypha

Author(s): Li, LT

Source: MYCOLOGIA Volume: 87 Issue: 6 Pages: 749-758 Published: NOV-DEC 1995

I thought about it, but decided that since it was difficult for me to follow, it was probably too esoteric for Wikipedia. If I decide to take this article to FAC, I'll try to translate it from jargon to English and add a summary paragraph. Sasata (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~According to Web of Knowledge, the Harrington 1990 cite has "North-America" instead of "North America" in its title.~~

I checked the original, it does not have the hyphen. Sasata (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~This is in Japanese and old, but could add some information:~~

Title: SARCOSCYPHINEAE OF JAPAN

Author(s): OTANI Y

~~Source: Nippon Kingakukai Kaiho Volume: 21 Issue: 2 Pages: 149-179 Published: 1980~~

Unfortunately, my Japanese is limited to どうもありがとうミスターロボット. Sasata (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps ask for help when you want to get on to FAC. Ucucha 20:11, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~Same for this, except it's not in Japanese~~

Title: SOME STIPITATE DISCOMYCETES OF IOWA USA

Author(s): JENSEN R D

~~Source: Iowa State Journal of Research Volume: 52 Issue: 1 Pages: 37-52 Published: 1977~~

I can't access this one, but I doubt it says much more than it's present in Iowa. Sasata (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's also the impression I got from the abstract. Ucucha 20:11, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Overall, only a few small problems. The article is thin but I presume nothing else is known. Ucucha 18:51, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the speedy review! Sasata (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And thanks for the speedy response. I am passing this as a GA now; it appears to pass all criteria. Ucucha 20:11, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]