New England Mushrooms
Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:
5
CRN: 16059
Special Fees: $125.00
CRN: 16059
Special Fees: $125.00
This is a hands-on field, lab and lecture course in the identification, classification, life histories, and ecology of mushrooms and other macrofungi. Lectures focus on macrofungal ecology and systematics. Laboratory instruction emphasizes morphological, microscopic, and molecular identification techniques, plus the use of smart-phone field note recording and on-line resources. Several field trips are required in addition to the weekly laboratory. Previous experience with fungi is not required. Grades are based on a collection, a project, and presentations.
Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Prerequisite(s): ( (BIOL 411 or BIOL 411H or BIOL 413) or (BIOL 412 or BIOL 412H or BIOL 414) ) or BIOL 409
Equivalent(s): BOT 752, PBIO 752
Only listed campus in section: Durham, Manchester
Instructors: Christopher Neefus
Times & Locations
Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|
8/30/2021 | 12/13/2021 | M | 9:10am - 12:00pm | SLS 140 |
8/30/2021 | 12/13/2021 | W | 9:10am - 12:00pm | SLS 141 |
Additional Course Details:
This year the course will also include hands-on experience in growing and cooking culinary mushrooms. Learn to grow shiitake mushrooms outdoors on hardwood logs and a variety of oyster mushrooms and other species indoors on hardwood sawdust blocks.
Booklist
Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada, by T. Baroni (available
from Amazon)