EDIBLE & POISONOUS FUNGI
FALL 2000
 

Course Syllabus


September 6

Introduction; Major groups of fungi

September 13     

Mushroom diversity; Morels - a gourmet's delight  (Ray Fatto)

September 20    

How mushrooms grow and reproduce
September 27      Cultivation: growing your own oyster mushroom  (Gene Varney)

October 4           

Mushrooms of an old forest  (Ray Fatto)

October 11         

Mycophagy: the cooking and eating of wild mushrooms  (Bob Hosh)

October 18         

Dying from mushrooms  (Hanna Tschekunow)

October 25         

Dyeing with mushrooms  (Melanie & Viola Spock)

November 1        

Medicinal and food value of mushrooms

November 8        

Early history of mycology  (Doug Eveleigh)

November 15      

Ethnomycology  (Dr. Barbara Goff)

November 22      

NO CLASS - YOU MEET YOUR FRIDAY CLASSES

November 29      

Fungal symbiosis

December 6         

Some plants of medicinal and cultural value
December 13 Review and quiz; Last day to submit your projects

Note 1:  The lectures may be interchanged or substituted without further notice.
Note 2:  Names of guest lecturers are given in the parenthesis.