Week Date Lab Topic Handouts Images
1 Aug 27 Introduction to Microscopes; Quiz schedule Lab 1
Sep 1 Labor Day Holiday
2 Sep 3 Myxomycete Life Cycle Lab 2 Myxomycota lifecycle
Sep 8 Myxomycete Diversity Lab 3 Myxomycetes
3 Sep 10

Acraisiomycota, Isolation of Dictyostelidae and Protostelidae

Lab 4 Life cycle
Sep 13 SATURDAY FIELD TRIP - Industrial Mycology: Viticulture & Enology
Sep 15 Plasmodiophoromycetes, Hydromyxomycetes Lab 5 Thraustochytrium, Labyrinthula, etc...
4 Sep 17 Hyphochytriomycetes, Isolation of Water Molds Lab 6 Hyphochytriomycetes
Sep 22 Oomycota, Saprolegniales Lab 7 Saprolegniales
5 Sep 24 Oomycota, Leptomitales and Pythiaceae Lab 8 OomycetesII
Sep 29 Oomycota, Peronosporales Lab 9 OomycetesIII
6 Oct 1 Blastocladiomycota Lab10 Blastocladiomycota

Movies added!

Oct 6 Chytridiomycota Lab 11 Last of the chytrids!
7 Oct 8 Mucoromycotina, Mucorales and isolation from dung Lab 12 Mucorales
Oct 13 Mucoromycotina, Kixkxellomycotina, Keying unknowns Lab 13 Mucorales II
8 Oct 15 LABORATORY MIDTERM EXAM, 9-12 or 2-5pm Acrasis Demo

Acrasis Movie!!!

Oct 18 SATURDAY FIELD TRIP - Industrial Mycology: Compost and Mushrooms MUSHROOM FUN!!!
Oct 20 Entomophthoromycotina, Glomeromycota Lab 14 Zygomycetes III, plus extras

Zoophagus Movies!!!

9 Oct 22 Ascomycota, Saccharomycotina, Taphrinomycotina Lab 15 Yeasts and Friends
Oct 27 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Eurotiomycetes Lab 16 Aspergillus and Penicillium
10 Oct 29 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Sordariomycetes I Lab 17 Sordariomycetes, etc.
Nov 3 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Sordariomycetes II Lab 18 Sordariomycetes, etc.
11 Nov 5 Ascomycota, Dothidiomycetes, Pezizomycetes, Laboulbeniomycetes Lab 19 Ascomycota V
Nov 10 "Deuteromycota", Keying unknowns (powerpoint) Lab 20 Deuteromycota
12 Nov 12 Basidiomycota, Introduction and Pucciniomycotina Lab 21 Basidiomycota I
Nov 17 Basidiomycota, Ustilaginomycotina Lab 22 Ustilaginomycotina
13 Nov 19 Basidiomycota, Introduction to Agaricomycotina Lab 23 Agaricomycotina
Nov 22-23 WEEKEND FIELD TRIP -- Mendocino Mushrooms Russila_cremoracolor

Janoporus_hitrus

Mushroom tasting

Lactarius video

Nov 24 Basidiomycota, Agaricomycotina, Agaricales Lab 24 Mushrooms and friends
14 Nov 26 Basidiomycota, Agaricomycotina, "Aphyllophorales, Gasteros" Lab 25 Puffballs, false truffles, and more!
Dec 1 Basidiomycota, Agaricomycotina, Tremellomycetes, Dacrymycetes, Agaricomycetes-Auriculariales Lab 26 Jelly fungi time!

Mendocino video and picture

15 Dec 3 Presentations CLASS CULTURE PICTURES
Dec 8 Laboratory Review
Dec 10 Laboratory Final Exam, 9-12 or 2-5pm, 209 KH

Encyclopedia of Life Assignment

Culture and Identification Project