Introductory Mycology

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Cordyceps myrmecophila
photo by Wes Colgan

WEEK	DATE	TOPIC
1	Sept. 26	Introduction: Overview of the "fungi" ppt
	Sept. 30	Introduction: Overview of the "fungi" (cont.) ppt
2	Oct. 3	Basidiomycota: General Biology ppt
	Oct. 7	Basidiomycota: Evolution ppt
3	Oct.10	Basidiomycota: Mating and Individuals ppt
	Oct. 14	Basidiomycota: Ectomycorrhizae ppt
4	Oct. 17	Basidiomycota: Wood Decay ppt
	Oct. 21	Basidiomycota: Rusts and Smuts ppt
5	Oct. 24	Ascomycota: General Biology ppt
	Oct. 28	Ascomycota: Evolution ppt
6	Oct. 31	Ascomycota: Mating and Individuals ppt
	Nov. 4	Ascomycota: Asexual Reproduction ppt
7	Nov. 7	Ascomycota: Lichens ppt
	Nov. 11	Ascomycota: Yeasts ppt
8	Nov. 14	Glomeromycota: Arbuscular Mycorrhizae ppt
	Nov. 18	Zygomycota: Mucorales ppt
9	Nov. 21	Chytridiomycota ppt
	Nov. 25	Thanksgiving Vacation
10	Nov. 28	Oomycota ppt
	Dec. 2	Slime molds ppt
11	Dec. 6 (09:30)	Final Exam III

WEEK	DATE	TOPIC
1	Sept. 26	Introduction
	Sept. 30	Sporocarp sorting exercise ppt What makes a good collection? Making a slide mount
2	Oct. 3	Gilled fungi ppt
	Oct. 7	Field trip to Mary's Peak
3	Oct. 10	Boletes and Gasteromycetes ppt
	Oct. 14	Field Trip to Botkin Rd
4	Oct. 17	Polypores ppt
	Oct. 21	Exam I and Practical I
5	Oct. 24	Apothecial Fungi ppt
	Oct. 28	Field Trip to McDonald Forest
6	Oct. 31	Perithecial fungi ppt
	Nov. 4	Field trip
7	Nov. 7	Cleistothecial fungi ppt
	Nov. 11	Field trip
8	Nov. 14	Exam II and Practical II
	Nov. 18	Glomeromycota: Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Zygomycota: Phycomyces, Mucor, Rhizopus
9	Nov. 21	Chytridiomycota: Allomyces observations of pollen baits
	Nov. 25	Thanksgiving Vacation
10	Nov. 28	Oomycota: Saprolegnia, Pythium, Phytophthora
	Dec. 2	Slime Molds
11	Dec. 7 (12:00)	Final Practical