Talk:cephalophore

RFV discussion: December 2022–February 2023
Sense 3: "(obsolete) The family of ventricose and filiform mushrooms." This appears in a couple of glossaries with a more specific gloss but I can't find any actual uses. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 00:49, 5 December 2022 (UTC)


 * The "more specific gloss" is actually a different sense: it refers to a specific structure created by some fungi (in the second glossary, ventricose and filiform mushrooms).


 * Before DNA testing, it was quite common for fungi to be unclassifiable due to not being found at the right life stage for comparison with the same stage of known species. These were called . Judging from the first glossary, those that produced a cephalophore were put in the form-based taxon "Cephalosporium" for the purpose of giving them a temporary name until they could be induced to develop to the right stage. This is similar to the practice of placing fossilized organisms that didn't include the structures needed for identification into.


 * What's more, I believe "ventricose" and "filiform" are descriptive terms rather than taxonomic ones, though I'm definitely not well-versed in old mushroom terminology. Referring to them as the basis for a "family" has all the marks of a wild guess by someone with no knowledge of the subject. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:51, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * This seems just about citable, as long as the definition is modified to refer to a specific fungal structure instead of a "family" (as Chuck Entz pointed out). E.g.,, . 98.170.164.88 04:16, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

RFV Failed, no results at all for "cephalophore mushroom" etc. Ioaxxere (talk) 07:04, 24 February 2023 (UTC)