Instructor:
Terry W. Henkel, Ph.D.

Office:
Science Building B, Room 123

Telephone:
826-4841

Email:
twh5@axe.humboldt.edu

Office Hours:
10-12 Fridays or by appointment

Laboratory Instructors:
Section 1- Terry Henkel
Section 2 - Cheri Sanville (email: mycenacheri@hotmail.com)

Meeting Times:
Lecture Section 1: Monday 5-5:50 pm, Forbes 148
Lab: Section 11 (Henkel) Monday 6-8:50 pm, Science B 128
Section 12 (Sanville) Wednesday 6-8:50 pm, Science B 128

Required Texts:
Introductory Mycology, 4th Edition, Alexopolous, Mims, and Blackwell
Mycology Reference Cards by R. K. Noyd

Recommended:
Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora (field guide)

Required Lab Equipment:
Sharp forceps, 2 probes, 2 boxes of microscope slides, 2 boxes of coverslips, single-edged razor blades, notebook for drawing (unlined), pencils; 10X handlens (optional, but highly recommended)

Course Format:
The course will consist of one lecture (5-6 pm) and one lab (either 6-9 on Monday or 6-9 on Wednesday) per week. Lectures will cover basic information on life histories, systematics, ecology, genetics, and practical applications of basidiomycetes and ascomycetes. Labs will focus on anatomy, morphology, and taxonomy of basidiomycetes and ascomycetes. Laboratory exercises will include microscopy and the use of published literature to identify and describe fungi, and will be strongly influenced by what fungi are fruiting at that time.

Field Trips:
Two required weekend field trips will be made to local forests to give students the opportunity to observe and collect fungi in their natural habitats. These two field trips will be held in place of the labs during the weeks of Feb. 11-15 and April 1-5. Attendance is required; acceptable excuses for missing a field trip include illness (doctor's excuse required), family emergency, or severe conflicts with other field trips (documentation required). Field trips will run from 9-12 on the mornings of Sat. Feb. 9 and March 30. Details will be provided as dates approach.

Examinations:
There will be two lecture examinations and two lab practicals. Additionally, four scheduled quizzes will be given in lab. The content of exams will cover the preceding series of lectures as well as relevant chapters from the textbook. The content of lab practicals will be based on materials observed in the preceding labs and again will be influenced by the availability of fresh fungi. Quizzes will be inclusive of all lecture and lab materials covered up to the quiz date.

Projects:
Each student is required to complete one of the following projects:

1) Fungal collections
2) Paper

Fungal collections. This project requires field-collecting 10 species of basidiomycetes and ascomycetes from at least 7 different families. Each collection must be identified to species, dried, and accompanied by notes on macromorphology, locality, habitat, and substrate. Collections will be evaluated according to accuracy of identification and quality of notes. Students may reduce the number of required collections to 5 (from 5 different families) by also including detailed micro-morphological descriptions. Collecting and descriptive techniques will be covered in lab. Students may submit partial collections near mid-term for a "quality check" by the instructors. Final collections due April 29.

Paper. Those who choose the paper as a project option will choose a contemporary topic relating to basidiomycetes and/or ascomycetes and write a six page (double-spaced) paper on that topic. Topics can range from fungal systematics, ecology, cell biology, and genetics as well as applied aspects of mycology in forestry, medicine, food processing, and ethnomycology. Papers must cite at least two articles from the primary literature, along with additional secondary references. Topics must be decided on in writing by Feb. 18, having first discussed the topic with T. Henkel. A full outline of the paper is due by March 4. Final paper is due April 29.
Students must decide in writing by the second lecture on Feb. 4 which project they will do.

Grades:
A student's grade will consist of exams, practicals, quizzes, and project:
Quiz February 18 25
Quiz March 4 25
Lecture examination March 11 100
Lab practical March 11 100
Quiz April 15 25
Quiz April 29 25
Lecture examination May 6 100
Lab practical May 6 100
Project due April 29 100
Total points = 600

Grading Scale:
% total points - Grade - % total points - Grade
100-93 A 77-73 C
92-90 A- 72-70 C-
89-88 B+ 69-68 D+
87-83 B 67-60 D
82-80 B- 59- 0 F
79-78 C+

Websites:
Botany 359: http://www.humboldt.edu/~dll2/b359.htm
Developed previously by Dr. Largent for this course. Consult (with limitations).

Basidiomycete Lab: http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~dll2/bot359b/intro.htm
Designed by Dr. Largent, contains links to pages on basidiomycete groups

Ascomycete Lab: http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~dll2/bot359/classify.htm
Designed by Dr. Largent, contains pages on major ascomycete groups

Lecture Schedule:
Mon. 28 Jan. Basidiomycota I. Introduction to Basidiomycetes
Mon. 4 Feb. Basidiomycota II. Form and function of fruiting bodies
Mon. 11 Feb. Basidiomycota III. Sexual reproduction, life cycles
Mon. 18 Feb. Basidiomycota IV. Litter and wood decomposition
Mon. 25 Feb. Basidiomycota V. Ectomycorrhizae
Mon. 4 Mar. Basidiomycota VI. Rusts and smuts
Mon. 11 Mar. Lecture examination
18-22 Mar. Spring break
Mon. 25 Mar. Ascomycota I. Introduction to Ascomycetes
Mon. 1 Apr. Holiday
Mon. 8 Apr. Ascomycota II. Structure and classification
Mon. 15 Apr. Ascomycota III. Sexual reproduction; life cycles
Mon. 22 Apr. Ascomycota IV Asexual reproduction, pleiomorphy
Mon. 29 Apr. Ascomycota V. Symbioses; importance in medicine
Mon. 6 May Lecture examination

Laboratory Schedule:
Mon. 28 Jan. Basidiomycota: Agaricales
Mon. 4 Feb. Basidiomycota: Agaricales
Sat. 9 Feb. Field trip
Mon. 18 Feb. Quiz. Basidiomycota: Aphyllophorales
Mon. 25 Feb. Basidiomycota: gasteromycetes; gastroid members of Agaricales
Mon. 4 Mar. Quiz. Rusts; smuts; jelly fungi
Mon. 11 Mar. Laboratory practical
18-22 Mar. Spring break
Mon. 25 Mar. Ascomycota: yeasts; plectomycetes
Sat. 30 Mar. Field trip
Mon. 8 Apr. Ascomycota: pyrenomycetes; loculoascomycetes
Mon. 15 Apr. Quiz. Ascomycota: inoperculate discomycetes
Mon. 22 Apr. Ascomycota: operculate discomycetes
Mon. 29 Apr. Quiz. Review
Mon. 6 May Laboratory practical