Biology of the Fungi


	Biology of the Fungi Biology 504

Instructor: Dr. Dennis E. Desjardin
Next Offered Fall 2005

Required Materials:

Textbook: Alexopoulos, Mims and Blackwell: Introductory Mycology 4th ed.
Lecture Handouts & Laboratory Exercises:

Lab Supplies: The usual - microscope slides and coverslips, dissecting needles and fine forceps, razor blades

Syllabus

Week	Lecture	Lab	Readings
1	Introduction; roles of fungi; cell biology	Introduction; techniques; culture media	1-48
2	Reproduction in fungi; Classification	Introductory Lab	48-80
	Dictyosteliomycota	Dictyosteliomycota 759-767
3	Myxomycota	Myxomycota	775-803
	Chytridiomycota	Chytridiales; Blastocladiales	86-117
4	Oomycota	Saprolegniales; Lagenidiales	683-708
	Oomycota	Leptomitales; Peronosporales	708-729
	Saturday: One dayfield trip to Marin Co.
5	Zygomycota	Mucorales	127-150
	Zygomycota Trichomycetes	Mucorales; Endogonales Entomophthorales	151-157 172-179
6	LECTURE EXAM I & LAB PRACTICAL
	Ascomycota; Introduction; life cycle	Introductory Lab	180-209
4-5 Oct.	Weekend field trip to the Sierra Nevada Field Campus; leave Friday (3 Oct.) afternoon and return Sunday. Lodging provided.
7	Archiascomycetes; Ascomycetous Yeasts	Yeasts; Taphrina	258-284
	Plectomycetes	Plectomycetes	294-319
8	Pyrenomycetes Phyllactinia-, Diaporthe-, and Nectria-type centrums	Erysiphales Diaporthales Hypocreales	462-474 346-351 323-336
	Pyrenomycetes Xylaria-, Sordaria-type centrum	Xylariales; Sordariales	351-364
9	Laboulbeniales Loculocascomycetes	Laboulbeniales Loculoacomycetes	477-482 433-457
	Inoperculate Discomycetes Operculate Discomycetes	Discomycetes	376-382 391-406; 410-423
10	Lichens	Lichens	382-391; 407-410
	No Lecture	Open Laboratory
	Weekend field trip to Patrick's Point State Park, Humboldt Co.; leave Friday afternoon and return Sunday. Camp out.
11	LECTURE EXAM II & LAB PRACTICAL
	Deuteromycetes	Deuteromycetes	214-232
12	Deuteromycetes	Deuteromycetes	232-251
	Basidiomycota; Introduction; life-cycle	Introductory Lab	488-505
13	Agaricales; morphological features of agarics	Agaricales I: agarics	508-524 529-539
	Boletes Ectomycorrhizae	Agaricales II: boletes Ectomycorrhizae	524-529
	Two day foray with UC Berkeley & UC Davis to Mendocino Co.; leave Saturday morning, return Sunday. Lodging provided.
14	Aphyllophorales	Aphyllophorales	563-592
	NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING VACATION
15	Gasteromycetes	Gasteromycetes	544-560
	Tremellales Auriculariales Dacrymycetales Septobasidiales	Tremellales Auriculariales Dacrymycetales Septobasidiales	658-663 663-665 665-671 675-676
16	Uredinales Ustilaginales	Rusts Smuts	598-633 639-654
	Review	Review

1:30-4:00 - FINAL EXAMINATION - LECTURE & LABORATORY

PROJECT: Each student will submit the following specimens/cultures due 16 December:

Myxomycetes - 1 collection
Zygomycetes - 1 culture isolated from a natural substrate and identified to genus
Hemiascomycetes - 1 yeast culture from a natural substrate or 1 powdery mildew specimen
Plectomycetes - 1 culture of a Penicillium species isolated from a natural substrate - 1 culture of an Aspergillus species isolated from a natural substrate
Pyrenomycetes - 1 collection
Discomycetes - 3 collections representing different genera (identified to genus if possible)
Lichens - 10 collections representing different genera and thallus types
Deuteromycetes - 3 cultures isolated from natural substrates and representing different genera
Holobasidiomycetes - 17 collections representing different genera and basidiome type: e.g., gill fungi, boletes, polypores, resupinates, coral fungi, tooth fungi, puff balls (identified to genus if possible)
Phragmobasidiomycetes or Teliomycetes - 1 collection

GRADES:

Lecture Exams and Laboratory Practicals
(100 pts ea)...........................................200 pts.
Final Exam (50% on last third of class;
50% cumulative)...............................200 pts.
Project....................................................80 pts.

Total.....................................................480 pts.

* Note: There are four field trips scheduled. Field work in an integral part of our organismal biology courses here at SFSU, and you are receiving one unit of credit for field work. Hence, it is important that you attend as many field trips as possible. I expect you to attend two out of the first three field trips; the Mendocino Foray (22-23 Nov.) is mandatory.