Talk:Thelephora terrestris

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I really like your both Physiology and Habitat and ecology parts in your article. They provided very specific information of these aspects of the fungus.But I think you may could add more information in the History and taxonomy section, such as when did this fungus firstly found , who is the founder of this fungus, and what are the synonyms other than you mentioned... Also the information of antigen of this fungus (the virus) may not belong to the History and taxonomy section.For Growth and Morphology part, it may be better if you could describe the characteristics of the shape of Thelephora Terrestris to let audiences have a more clear image since it is a specie of mushroom.

The content has a neutral position and no bias appeared inside the article. But since you use the first reference seven times, many contents may come from a same perspective, which may make your article not balanced enough.

There are some problems in the references part which probably caused by coding error. So it is hard to let me match each of the reference you provided below to the above contents. Another advice is that you should involve more inferences to provide diverse infromation related to Thelephora Terrestris.For example,you may could add more information about the growth of this fungus in detailed like the germination. Also whether there existed ecology relationship between Thelephora Terrestris and different kinds of trees inhabited by it.

Most of the contents under the Physiology section are highly related to its topic, but they lack well organization. If you could organize the order of them and assign them into different sublevel it will be much better to be understanded. For example, you may could aggregate the information about the stock, spores, hyphae and the life cycle. Then you can illustrate else like the smell, whether is edible or not etc...

In the Wikipidia I find some pictures of Thelephora Terrestris which you have the right to use and add it into your article to enhance audience's understanding of the morphology and other topic such as the distrubtion so on. I list them below the text.

Overall speaking, this outline did a good job to introduce Thelephora Terrestris from the aspects of history, growth, morphology, physiology, habit and distribution and thus give audience a basic understanding of this fungus. But there are some flaws could be improved, such as adding a Lead part to be a good introduction and lead audiences to more contents you addressed later; adding more information about the history of Thelephora Terrestris；organizing the detailed into sublevel group to illustate clearly ; using more references to complement more information like germination etc. and to increase the diversity of the content related to Thelephora Terrestris.

Here are some additional references that may be useful.

·This article investigate how the The formation of T. terrestris on the roots of plants influence the concentration of nitrogen in seedling needles and the mycorrhizal structure of pine seedlings.

Hilszczańska, D., Małecka, M. & Sierota, Z. Ann., Changes in nitrogen level and mycorrhizal structure of Scots pine seedlings inoculated with Thelephora terrestris, For. Sci. (2008) 65: 409. https://doi.org/10.1051/forest:2008020

·This article talks about the physiological conditions for T. terrestris to produce laccase, a copper enzyme which may participate in the defence mechanism.

Carla C Kanunfre, Glaci T Zancan, Physiology of exolaccase production by Thelephora terrestris, FEMS Microbiology Letters, Volume 161, Issue 1, April 1998, Pages 151–156, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb12942.x

·This article provided more information about the reproduction of T. terrestris.

Donald H. Marx, , W. Craig Bryan, and , Larry F. Grand,Colonization, isolation, and cultural descriptions of Thelephora terrestris and other ectomycorrhizal fungi of shortleaf pine seedlings grown in fumigated soil, Canadian Journal of Botany, 1970, 48(2): 207-211, https://doi.org/10.1139/b70-031

·This is the wikipidia common link for your species.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Thelephora_terrestris

--JacquelineYY22 (talk) 03:25, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

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As one reviewer below has suggested, the references section requires a complete reformatting. I look like you attempted to paste in the reference codes three time but didn’t delete the source codes as you went. As well please pay attention to your use of capitalization (Beginning of sentences/points) and spelling. As far as the organization of the piece, I would move its common name to the main window pain under “Binomial Name”. I suggest making a heading stating, “Common Name”. Also, regarding the physiology section, you can move location of growth and in which soil conditions to a new section labelled “Ecology”.

Now as a far as content here are a couple of sources that you can use.

Bio-Geo Interactions in Metal-Contaminated Soils published by Springer Science & Business Media. It seems that this fungus has an interesting ability to bioaccumulate many heavy metals such as copper and cadmium. Section 18.4.2 compares this fungus with other (ex: Lepista Sordida) to determine heavy metal transfer coefficients. Having said that be careful to not go to in depth into this topic or others such as mycotoxins (Disagreement with a reviewer below) as this Wikipedia page is for your fungus.

Biotechnology of Fungi for Improving Plant Growth published by the Cambridge University Press For this book starting page 12, it speaks on how fertility of the fungus may be improved through management techniques and fertilizer use. A lot this book however but there are a few pages that zero in on factors that specifically affect your chosen fungi.

--DanyalUni (talk) 21:26, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

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The description of the fungus "circular and overlapping cap" could be moved to the growth and morphology section from the History and Taxonomy Section

There are some spelling mistakes in the physiology section: stock -> stalk (I think you mean this spelling form? Unless you're referring to a broth soup thing, then stock is correct), spiney -> spiny

Very interesting points! If you wanted to add to your physiology section, you could talk about some of the toxins that it produces? I found this book on google books https://books.google.ca/books?id=ofONXILDKPsC&pg=PA57&dq=Thelephora+Terrestris&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwicvbHfgMPlAhXkpVkKHfmtB-4Q6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=Thelephora%20Terrestris&f=false

And it discusses some toxins that your fungus produces! You could talk about the different effects and uses of the toxins? Annissaho (talk) 03:30, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

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Hello,

For starters, I don’t think a lead was required for the referenced outline assignment. However, don’t forget to include one for the final published page! Make sure you include a defining statement about Thelephora terrestris, such as “Thelephora terrestris is a species of fungus in the division Basidiomycota…” along with a few lines that cover the key points you bring up later on regarding your fungus.

One important change that you should make in your Taxobox is to remove the capital “T” from “Terrestris”, as when you write a scientific binomial name, the genus name is capitalized but the species name is not. Other than that, your Taxobox seems perfect.

I feel like there is some misplacement in the information you have presented in each section. For instance, the second point you made under the “Physiology” subheading regarding the shape and size of the colonies is better suited under the “Morphology” subheading, as morphology deals with an organism’s structure whereas physiology deals with an organism’s functions. You should consider thinking about which points are most applicable to which subheading.

I would also suggest that you link more of the key terms to their corresponding Wikipedia pages, such as “mycorrhiza”, so that it is easier for the reader to follow, especially if they don’t have much knowledge on the subject.

The layout of your “References” section needs some fixing, as it currently is not listed properly. In addition, I think you would have more to write for each section if you find more sources. I found an article called the “Influence of Temperature on Aseptic Synthesis of Ectomycorrhizae by Thelephora terrestris and Pisolithus tinctorius on Loblolly Pine” (Marx 1970) that may provide you with more information related to the physiology of your species.

Overall, your article has some strong points, and a few minor improvements will enhance its content and structure. I hope my comments were helpful and good luck on the final assignment! SaniyaSayed4 (talk) 05:45, 1 November 2019 (UTC)