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Note: Approved for UVM Food Systems Minor!*Graduate (200-level) credit possible, by inquiry
What we will do in PBIO 177*: Have Fun, and..
1) Learn about and identify fungi through field work, collections, lecture/discussion and lab research.
2) Survey, identify and study the major fungal groups,with emphasis on basidiomycetes (mushroomsand kin) and ascomycetes (e.g.morels, cup fungi).
3) Identify collected fungi, especially mushrooms, using visible, microscopic and other features.
4) Assess the importance of fungi to humans assources of foods, drugs, and poisons. Discuss thecultivation of fungi for those uses.
5) Learn the unique and shared features of eachgroup, including biology, form, reproductivestrategies. Discuss key ecological roles played byfungi, -as decomposers, symbionts, pathogens.
6) Highlight species that have impacted humanhealth, culture,and even politics!
May 23-June 16, Mon-Thurs, 9:00 AM-12:45 PM,Jeffords Hall Rm 100. Prereq: College-Biology,equivalent, or instructor permission.
Through UVM Continuing Education. Open to UVMor other students, or non-student learners.
Cont.Ed.: http://www.uvm.edu/~summer/
Biology of FungiPBIO 177* – Summer, 2016
Dr. Terry Delaney (4 credits, CRN-61464)