Henkel Bot. 360 Fall 2009
Biology of Fleshy Fungi
Botany 360 Lecture
Fall 2009
Instructor: Terry W. Henkel, PhD.
Office: 123 Science B
Telephone: 826-4841
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: 2-3:30 pm Tues/Thurs; or by appointment
Meeting times: Tues./Thurs. 12:30-1:50 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.
Moodle: Regular use of Moodle 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 Moodle.
Readings: Periodically, journal articles, book chapters, and other readings will be assigned.
Students are expected to read these materials and be able to discuss them; there will be questions
drawn from the readings on examinations.
Examinations: There will be three lecture examinations, the content of which will cover the
preceding series of lectures as well as relevant and discussed aspects of assigned readings.
Grades: A student’s grade will consist of scores from three lecture exams.
Examination
Dates
Points
1
September 29
100
2
November 5
100
3
December 17
100
Total=
300
Grades are based on percentage of total points as follows:
A: ≥ 93
C: 73-77.9
A-: 91-92.9
C-: 70-72.9
B+: 89-90.9
D+: 68-69.9
B: 84-88.9
D: 60-67.9
B-: 80-83.9
F: ≤ 59.9
C+: 78-79.9
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.
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Schedule:
Date
Aug 25/27
Sept 1/3
Sept 8/10
Sept 15/17
Sept 22/24
Sept 29
Oct 1
Oct. 6
Oct 8/13
Oct 15
Oct 20
Oct 22/27
Oct 29/Nov 3
Nov 5
Nov 10/12
Nov 17/19
Nov 24/26
Dec 1
Dec 3/8
Dec 10
Dec 17
Topic
Introduction
Basidiomycete classification
Basidiomycete life cycle and mating systems
Fruiting body form and function
Molecular systematics of higher basidiomycetes
Lecture Examination #1
TBA - furlough
Nutritional ecology of fleshy fungi
Wood decomposition
TBA - furlough
Litter decomposition
Ectomycorrhizae
TBA
Lecture Examination #2
Fungal bioremediation
Medicinal mushrooms
no class - holiday
Mushroom Toxins
Ethnomycology
Ethnomycology (cont.)
Final Lecture Examination 12:40-14:30
Biology of Fleshy Fungi
Botany 360 Lab
Fall 2009
Instructor: Terry W. Henkel, PhD.
Office: 123 Science B
Telephone: 826-4841
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: 2-4 pm Tues/Thurs.; or by appointment
Meeting times: 8-10:50 am Tues/Thurs, 128 Science B (begins Oct. 20)
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
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These books will be available from the instructor; payment in full must be received by Tues. Sept.
15.
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.
20, 22, 27) will provide introductory material in macrofungal collecting, morphology and
classification schemes. Beginning Oct. 29 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. Assessment will consist of lab quizzes, field examinations, and points associated
with student collections. All quizzes and exams will be based on fresh macrofungal specimens
collected in the field.
Required Field Trips
Sat/Sun
Date
Potential location
Sat.
Oct. 24
Big Lagoon
Sat.
Nov. 7
Wolf Creek with UCB and SFSU
Sun.
Nov. 15
Skunk Cabbage Trail
Sat./Sun.
Dec. 5/6
Smith River
Sat./Sun. (optional)
Nov. 22-23
Fungus Fair, Redwood Acres, Eureka
Quizzes & examinations:
Examination
Date (s)
points
Quiz (20 pts. each)
Nov 5; Nov 12; Dec 3
60
Field Exam 1
Nov 15
50
Field Exam 2
Dec 6
100
Collection
100
total points =
Grading scale:
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A: 93 or more
C: 77.9-73
A-: 92.9-91
C-: 72.9-70
B+: 90.9-89
D+: 69.9-68
B: 88.9-84
D: 67.9-60
B-: 83.9-80
F: ≤ 59.9
C+: 78.9-78
Schedule:
Date
Oct. 20
Oct 22
Oct. 24 (Sat)
Oct 27
Oct 29
Nov 3
Nov 5
Nov 7 (Sat)
Nov 10
Nov 12
Nov 15 (Sun)
Nov 17
Nov. 19
Nov 21-22
Nov 24/26
Dec 1
Dec 3
Dec 5-6 (Sat/Sun)
Dec 8
Dec 10
Topic
Trip to Arcata Community Forest; collecting protocols, spore prints
Macroscopic features; stature types; uses of required textbooks
Field trip
Uses of keys; practice identification of student collections; keying
Begin checking and discussing student collections
check and discuss student collections
Quiz; check and discuss student collections
Field trip
Check and discuss student collections
Quiz; Check and discuss student collections
Field trip, field examination
Check and discuss student collections
Check and discuss student collections
Fungus Fair
no labs - holiday
Check and discuss student collections
Quiz; Check and discuss student collections
Overnight field trip, field examination
check and discuss student collections
Check and discuss student collections
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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.
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