INTRODUCTORY
MYCOLOGY
Plant Sciences 423
Fall alternate
years, to be offered 2000, 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
Prerequisite Biology 101 Instructor: Dr. Cathy Cripps
This course
surveys the incredible diversity of fungi , including all major groups with
emphasis on structures, life cycles, and identification. The recent
explosion of knowledge relating to fungi in research, medicine, agriculture,
biotechnology, and industry all have a base in traditional mycology.
General Course Outline (Syllabus for Fall 2002 follows general course outline)
Lecture
Short 1.5 hr Labs
|
Introduction: the Fungal Lifestyle |
"The rotten world around us" |
| Phylogeny of Fungi | microscopic technique |
| Introduction to Basidiomycota | tissue culture, spores prints |
| Fleshy Basidiomycota | dichotomous keys |
| Mushroom Families (Agaricales) | Field trip (time to be determined) |
| White-spored Mushrooms | Mushroom ID |
| Dark-spored Mushrooms | Mushroom ID |
| Unusual Mushrooms | Field trip (time to be determined) |
| Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms | collections |
| Stomach Fungi (Gasteromycetes) | morphology vs.new phylogeny |
| Fungi with pores, teeth, etc | polypores and allies, wood decomposition, ecology |
| Jelly fungi: phylogenetic anomolies | collections |
| Mycorrhizae: the basis of terrestrial biomes | Mycorrhizal techniques |
| Fungal Ecology | Animal-Fungal interactions |
| Rusts: pathogenic fungi | Rust ecology |
| Smuts and plant disease | Smut genetics |
| Intro to Ascomycota | general groups - new phylogenies |
| Plectomycetes-lower ascomycota | Asco lab |
| Pyrenomycetes-flask fungi | Asco lab |
| Powdery mildews | morphology vs new phylogeny |
| Cup fungi, morels, and truffles | ID of fleshy ascomycetes |
| Loculoascomycetes | collections |
| Asexual Ascomycetes | Deuteromycetes, isolation & culture |
| Asexual Ascomycetes | Deuteromycete ID: computer use |
| Zygomycota - sugar fungi | Zygomycota ID |
| Fungi and Biocontrol - Butte Mycotech | Biocontrol of insects with fungi |
| Chytridiomycota - aquatic fungi | Frogs, fish eggs and parasitic Fungi |
| Fungal imposters | Oomycota, parasitic algae? |
| Slime molds - more fungal imposters | Slime molds: plants, animals, or protists? |
| Evolutionary Overview of the Fungi | Cook and taste-Edible Fungi |
INTRODUCTORY MYCOLOGY
Plant Sciences 423
Instructor: Dr. Cathy Cripps, office 215 AgBioscience, 994-5226, lab in 109 AgB
Ccripps@montana.edu http://plantsciences.montana.edu/alpinemushrooms/ps423.htm
Text:
Introductory
Mycology,
4th Ed, by Alexopoulos, Mims and Blackwell, Mushrooms demystified , D. Arora (optional)
Tom Volk’s Fungi, webpage: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/
This
course surveys the incredible diversity of fungi , including all major groups
with emphasis on structures, life cycles, and identification. The recent
explosion of knowledge relating to fungi in research, medicine, agriculture,
biotechnology, and industry all have a basis in traditional mycology.
Lecture Lab
Reading
W Sept
4
|
Introduction: the Fungal Lifestyle |
"The rotten world around us" |
1-32 |
|
M
Sept 9 |
Phylogeny of Fungi |
microscopic technique |
61-70 |
|
W
Sept 11 |
BASIDIOMYCOTA introduction
|
tissue culture, spore prints |
488-505 |
|
M
Sept 16 |
Fleshy Basidiomycota |
dichotomous keys |
Ar 11-22, 52-55 |
|
W
Sept 18 |
Mushroom Families (Agaricales, Russulales) |
Mushroom
ID |
508-514, Ar 4-10, 58-62 |
|
M
Sept 23* |
White-spored Mushrooms |
Mushroom ID |
518-534 |
|
W
Sept 25 |
Dark-spored Mushrooms |
Mushroom ID |
535-539 |
|
M
Sept 30* |
More on Mushrooms |
Work on collections |
|
|
W
Oct 2 |
Stomach Fungi (Gasteromycetes) |
morphology vs.molecular data |
544-560 |
|
M
Oct 7* |
Fungi
with pores, teeth, etc (Aphyllophorales) |
Polypores
& allies, decomposition, ecology |
563-592 |
|
W
Oct 9 |
Jelly fungi: phylogenetic anomalies |
Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms |
658-661,Ar669,514 |
|
M
Oct 14 |
TEST
1: specimen 1 due for
collection |
Work
on collections |
|
|
W
Oct 16 |
Rusts
(Uredinales) |
Rust
ecology |
598-633 |
|
M
Oct 21 |
Smuts
(Ustilaginales) |
Smut
and plant disease |
639-654 |
|
W
Oct 23 |
Mycorrhizae: basis of terrestrial biomes |
Mycorrhizal techniques |
151-154,393,515-7 |
|
M
Oct 28** |
Fungal Ecology |
Animal-Fungal interactions |
handouts |
|
W
Oct 30 |
ASCOMYCOTA
introduction |
general groups - new phylogenies |
180-190, 196-209 |
|
M
Nov 4 |
Asexual Ascomycetes |
‘Deuteromycetes’, isolation & culture, ID |
214-234,311-314 |
|
W
Nov 6 |
Asexual Ascomycetes |
‘Deuteromycete’ ID: computer use |
Lab manuals |
|
W
Nov 11 M Nov 13 |
No Class – Veteran’s Day Yeasts, Plectomycetes, powdery mildew |
Asco ID(cleistothecia),morphology vs molecular data |
Part chap 9 + 10, 294-7, 311-6,462-4 |
|
M
Nov 18* |
Pyrenomycetes-flask fungi |
Asco ID (perithecia) |
323-329, plus some |
|
W
Nov 20 |
Discomycetes |
Cup fungi, morels, and truffle ID (apothecia) |
376-382, plus some |
|
M
Nov 25 |
TEST
2: 2 more specimens due,
collection |
Work
on collections (Loculoascomycetes?) |
|
|
W
Nov 27 |
Loculoascomycetes |
Asco ID (pseudothecia) |
433-437, plus some |
|
M
Dec 2 |
ZYGOMYCOTA - sugar fungi |
Zygomycota ID |
127-148, plus some |
|
W
Dec 4 |
CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA - aquatic fungi |
Frogs, fish eggs and parasitic Fungi |
86-91, 108-111 |
|
M
Dec 9 |
Fungal imposters |
Oomycota:
parasitic algae? Slime molds: plants, animals, or protists? |
683-690, 696, 710-726 |
|
W
Dec 11 |
Evolutionary Overview of the Fungi |
Cook and taste-Edible Fungi; Collection Due |
handouts |
|
M
Dec 18 |
FINAL EXAM 8-10 am |
Not cumulative |
|
Grade:
*5 Quizzes (lowest grade dropped)
= 20%
10 pts. x 4
=
40 pts
**take home quiz on rusts/smuts due (required)
3 Written exams plus
lab questions
= 60 %
40 pts. x 3 = 120 pts
Fungal Collection
= 20%
8 pts. x 5
=
40 pts
Total 200 pts
Fall
2000
INTRODUCTORY MYCOLOGY
Plant Sciences
423
Fall 2000, 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1, Plant Growth Center Rm 214, M W 12:00-2:30
(lecture followed by lab)
Instructor: Dr. Cathy Cripps, office 215 AgBioscience, 994-5226, lab in 237 and
109 AgB
http://agadsrv.msu.montana.edu/alpinemushrooms/ps423.htm
Text:
Introductory Mycology, 4th Ed, by Alexopoulos, Mims and Blackwell, Mushrooms demystified , D. AroraThis course surveys the
incredible diversity of fungi , including all major groups with emphasis on
structures, life cycles, and identification. The recent explosion of knowledge
relating to fungi in research, medicine, agriculture, biotechnology, and
industry all have a base in traditional mycology.
Lecture
Lab
Reading
|
W Sept 6 |
Introduction: the Fungal Lifestyle |
"The rotten world around us" |
1-32 |
|
M Sept 11 |
Phylogeny of Fungi |
microscopic technique |
61-70 |
|
W Sept 16 |
BASIDIOMYCOTA introduction |
tissue culture, spores prints |
488-505 |
|
M Sept 18 |
Fleshy Basidiomycota |
dichotomous keys |
Ar 11-22, 52-55 |
|
W Sept 20 |
Mushroom Families (Agaricales, Russulales) |
Mushroom ID |
508-514, Ar 4-10, 58-62 |
|
M Sept 25 * |
White-spored Mushrooms |
Mushroom ID |
518-534 |
|
W Sept 27 |
Dark-spored Mushrooms |
Mushroom ID |
535-539 |
|
M Oct 2 * |
More on Mushrooms |
Work on collections |
|
|
W Oct 4 |
Stomach Fungi (Gasteromycetes) |
morphology vs.molecular data |
544-560 |
|
M Oct 9 |
Rusts (Uredinales) |
Rust ecology |
598-633 |
|
W Oct 11 |
Smuts (Ustlaginales) |
Smut and plant disease |
639-654 |
|
M Oct 16 * |
Fungi with pores, teeth, etc (Aphyllophorales) |
Polypores & allies, decomposition, ecology |
563-592 |
|
W Oct 18 |
Jelly fungi: phylogenetic anomolies |
Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms |
658-661,Ar669,514 |
|
M Oct 23 ** |
Mycorrhizae: basis of terrestrial biomes |
Mycorrhizal techniques |
151-154,393,515-7 |
|
W Oct 25 |
Fungal Ecology |
Animal-Fungal interactions |
handouts |
|
M Oct 30 |
Exam 1: collection # 1 and 2 due |
Work on collections |
|
|
W Nov 1 |
ASCOMYCOTA introduction |
general groups - new phylogenies |
180-190, 196-209 |
|
M Nov 6 |
Asexual Ascomycetes |
‘Deuteromycetes’, isolation & culture, ID |
214-234,311-314 |
|
W Nov 8 |
Asexual Ascomycetes |
‘Deuteromycete’ ID: computer use |
Lab manuals |
|
M Nov 13 |
Plectomycetes and yeasts |
Asco ID (cleistothecia) |
Part chap 9 + 10, 294-7, 311-6,462-4 |
|
W Nov 15 |
Pyrenomycetes-flask fungi |
Asco ID (perithecia) |
323-329, plus some |
|
M Nov 20 |
Discomycetes |
Cup fungi, morels, and truffle ID |
376-382, plus some |
|
W Nov 22 |
No Lecture |
Work on collections |
|
|
M Nov 27 * |
Powdery mildews |
morphology vs molecular:convergence |
462-464, paper |
|
W Nov 29 |
Loculoascomycetes |
Asco ID (pseudothecia) |
433-437, plus some |
|
M Dec 4 |
ZYGOMYCOTA - sugar fungi |
Zygomycota ID |
127-148, plus some |
|
W Dec 11 |
CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA - aquatic fungi |
Frogs, fish eggs and parasitic Fungi |
86-91, 108-111 |
|
W Dec 11 |
Fungal imposters |
Oomycota: parasitic algae? |
683-690, 696, 710-726 |
|
W Dec 13 |
Evolutionary Overview of the Fungi |
Cook and taste-Edible Fungi |
handouts |
|
M Dec 18 |
Final Exam 8-10 am |
Not cumulative |
Grade: *5 Quizzes (lowest grade dropped) = 20% 10 pts. x 4 = 40 pts
**take home quiz on rusts and smuts due
2 Written exam plus lab questions = 60 % 60 pts. x 2 = 120 pts
Total 200 pts
Dr. Cathy Cripps, Plant Sciences
Cripps research on Alpine Mushrooms