Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Parasola sp mushroom.jpg

 
Original - 4cm long Parasola sp mushroom. Pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Reason
Good quality, DOF and EV.
Articles this image appears in
Psathyrellaceae, Parasola
Creator
Muhammad
Camera on ground + remote switch? MER-C 04:43, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Focus stack probably wouldn't work quite as well, and the top of the cap wouldn't be seen as well as it is now. --Muhammad(talk) 11:48, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The underside wouldn't necessarily solve it. Many mushrooms have immature gill colors that are different than their mature colors, and that would be key character here. Parasola has dark spores at maturity, and Mycena has light spores. de Bivort 07:34, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Good picture. — Aitias // discussion 20:04, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • neutral technically fine, but the key characters which would make an identification straight forward are not visible, due to the angle and the immaturity of the speciment. Generating highly encyclopedic photos of mushrooms in situ can be nearly impossible when they have a generic appearance from above. In my own mycophotography, I often just topple them over to show the characters at the expense of aesthetics. Of course, those images would have no chance here. de Bivort 07:34, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted No quorum. --wadester16 | Talk→ 18:39, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]