Biology of Fleshy Fungi
Fall 2006
Instructor: Terry W. Henkel, PhD.
Office: 123 Science B
Telephone: 826-4841
Email: twh5@humboldt.edu
Office hours: 2-3 pm Tues & Thurs; 9-11 am Wed; or by appointment
Meeting times: Tues./Thurs. 12-1:20 pm, Science B 128
Course format: Bot. 360 lecture will consist of selected topics concerning the systematics, genetics, ecology, and applications of higher basidiomycetes. The lectures are designed to complement the laboratory portion of the course, which emphasizes identification of California mushrooms. No textbooks are required for Bot. 360 lecture.
Blackboard: Regular use of Blackboard is REQUIRED of all students in Bot. 360. Lecture notes, powerpoint presentations, lab handouts, reading assignments, and other items will be available (sometimes exclusively) through Blackboard.
Readings: Periodically, journal articles, book chapters, and other readings will be assigned. Students are expected to read these materials; there will be questions drawn from them on the examinations.
Grades: A studentÕs grade will consist of scores from three lecture exams.
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Examination |
Dates |
Points |
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1 |
September 26 |
100 |
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2 |
November 2 |
100 |
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3 (final) |
December 14 |
100 |
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Total= |
300 |
Grades are based on percentage of total points as follows:
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A: ³ 93 |
C: 73-77.9 |
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A-: 91-92.9 |
C-: 70-72.9 |
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B+: 89-90.9 |
D+: 68-69.9 |
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B: 84-88.9 |
D: 60-67.9 |
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B-: 80-83.9 |
F: ² 59.9 |
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C+: 78-79.9 |
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Curve: Grades will be scaled at the end of the semester based on the highest score achieved in the class (i.e. the highest score will form the 100% mark), not including any extra credit points.
Schedule:
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Date |
Topic |
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Aug 22/24 |
Introduction |
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Aug 29/31 |
Basidiomycete classification |
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Sep 5/7 |
Basidiomycete life cycle and mating systems |
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Sep 12/14 |
Fruiting body form and function |
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Sep 19/21 |
Molecular systematics of higher basidiomycetes |
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Sep 26 |
Lecture Examination #1 |
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Sep 28/Oct 3 |
Nutritional ecology of fleshy fungi |
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Oct 5/10 |
Wood decomposition |
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Oct 12/17 |
Litter decomposition |
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Oct 19/24 |
Ectomycorrhizae |
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Oct 26/31 |
TBA |
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Nov 2 |
Lecture Examination #2 |
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Nov 7/9 |
Fungal bioremediation |
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Nov 14/16 |
Medicinal mushrooms |
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Nov 21/23 |
no class - holiday |
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Nov 28/30 |
Mushroom Toxins |
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Dec 5/7 |
Ethnomycology |
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Dec 14 |
Final Examination (12:40-2:30 pm) |
Biology of Fleshy Fungi
Fall 2006
Instructor: Terry W. Henkel, PhD.
Office: 123 Science B
Telephone: 826-4841
Email: twh5@humboldt.edu
Office hours: 2-3 pm Tues & Thurs; 9-11 am Wed; or by appointment
Meeting times: 8-10:50 am Tues/Thurs, 128 Science B (begins Oct. 17)
Required Textbooks:
How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus I. Macroscopic Features. D.L. Largent
How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus VI. Modern Genera. D.L. Largent & T.J. Baroni
Mushrooms Demystified. David Arora
These books will be available from the instructor; payment in full must be received by Thurs, Aug. 24.
Required equipment:
1) 10 X handlens, Bausch and Lomb preferred. Order from:
http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/View_Catalog_Page.asp?ID=5250
2) Mushroom collecting basket
3) Plastic fishing tackle boxes for collecting
4) Pocket knife
5) Clean, unlined white paper for spore prints
Course Objective: Bot. 360 Lab will provide you with the skills to identify the families, genera, and selected common species of fleshy fungi of Northern California.
Format: The laboratory for Bot. 360 is designed to provide ample field and laboratory experience in identifying fleshy fungi of Northern California. The first three lab sessions (Oct. 17, 19, 24) will provide introductory material in macrofungal collecting, morphology and classification schemes. Beginning Oct. 28/31, the laboratory will function as follows: 8-8:30 am: quizzes on scheduled dates; 8:30-10:50 am: verification of student collections; review of families and genera.
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Sat/Sun |
Date |
Potential location |
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Sat. |
Oct. 21 |
Big Lagoon |
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Sat. |
Nov. 4 |
East Fork Trinity River |
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Sat. |
Nov. 11 |
Skunk Cabbage Trail |
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Sat./Sun. |
Dec. 2/3 |
TBA |
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Sat./Sun. (optional) |
Nov. 18-19 |
Fungus Fair, Redwood Acres, Eureka |
Quizzes & examinations:
|
Examination |
Date (s) |
points |
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Quiz (20 pts. each) |
Oct 31; Nov 7; Nov 14; Nov 28; Dec 5 |
100 |
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Field Exam 1 |
Nov 11 |
50 |
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Field Exam 2 |
Dec 3 |
100 |
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Collection |
|
100 |
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total points = |
350 |
Grading scale:
|
A: 93 or more |
C: 77.9-73 |
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A-: 92.9-91 |
C-: 72.9-70 |
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B+: 90.9-89 |
D+: 69.9-68 |
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B: 88.9-84 |
D: 67.9-60 |
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B-: 83.9-80 |
F: ² 59.9 |
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C+: 78.9-78 |
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Schedule:
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Date |
Topic |
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Oct. 17 |
Trip to Arcata Community Forest; collecting protocols, spore prints |
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Oct 19 |
Macroscopic features; stature types; uses of required textbooks |
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Oct. 21 (Sat) |
Field trip |
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Oct 24 |
Uses of keys; practice identification of student collections; keying |
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Oct 26 |
Begin checking and discussing student collections |
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Oct 31 |
Quiz; check and discuss student collections |
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Nov 2 |
Check and discuss student collections |
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Nov 4 (Sat) |
Field trip, practice examination |
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Nov 7 |
Quiz; Check and discuss student collections |
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Nov 9 |
Check and discuss student collections |
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Nov 11 (Sat) |
Field trip, field examination |
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Nov 14 |
Quiz; check and discuss student collections |
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Nov 16 |
Check and discuss student collections |
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Nov 18-19 |
Fungus Fair |
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Nov 21/23 |
no labs - holiday |
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Nov 28 |
Quiz; check and discuss student collections |
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Nov 30 |
Check and discuss student collections |
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Dec 2-3 (Sat/Sun) |
Overnight field trip, field examination |
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Dec 5 |
Quiz; check and discuss student collections |
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Dec 7 |
Check and discuss student collections |
Expections:
Students will be expected to recognize selected genera and some easily identified, common, edible or toxic species of fleshy fungi, as well as macroscopic morphological features important in mushroom identification. The list of required genera and species will be periodically updated as the collecting season progresses. Your laboratory and field examinations will cover this list.
Collections:
You are required to collect mushrooms for each lab meeting and to identify each collection to genus. Your grade in the course will be affected by how many different genera you identify over the semester. You will get credit by having each correctly identified genus on the family synopsis sheet signed by an instructor.
Miscellaneous comments on collections:
The first time you want an identified genus to be initialed on your family synopsis sheet, you will have to have:
spore print or some verification of spore color
stature type of collection;
family name for collection;
the key step numbers you used from Mushrooms I & VI
the Friesian genus
the Modern genus
You can go on collecting trips together, but you can not share collections. Collections thought to be shared by the verifier will not count regardless if correctly identified.
All collections have to be in excellent shape and consist of various stages of development.
To get the full amount of points on the collection (100), you must have at least 50 correctly identified genera. The numbers of genera required within each family are noted in parentheses next to the family on the check-off sheet. The total number of required genera may be lowered depending on the quality of the collecting season and discretion of the instructor.