BIOL 852 (01) - Mycology

Durham   Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Biology
Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2017 - Full Term (08/28/2017 - 12/08/2017)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   6  
CRN: 17082
Special Fees: $85.00
Classification, identification, culturing, life histories, and ecology of fungi, from slime molds to hallucinogenic mushrooms; the significance of fungi in human history, from their contribution to the art of bread making and alcoholic fermentation to their destructiveness as agents of deadly diseases of plants and animals. Prereq: principles of biology I, II or introduction to botany, or equivalent. Special fee. Lab.
Section Comments: Some Saturday or Sunday field trips required.
Equivalent(s): PBIO 852
Instructors: STAFF

Times & Locations

Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/28/2017 12/8/2017 M 2:10pm - 5:00pm SLS 140
8/28/2017 12/8/2017 MWF 1:10pm - 2:00pm SLS 140
Additional Course Details: 

This is a field and lab course emphasizing the identification, classification, and ecology of macrofungi. Field collections of wild mushrooms will be identified from habitat, macroscopic, microscopic and molecular genetic characteristics using printed and online resources.