Bi7525 General mycology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Hrouda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Hrouda, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Petr Hrouda, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 11:00–12:50 BR2
Prerequisites
( Bi1090 System & evol. lower plants || B1090 System phylog. lower plants || B2060 System and phylogeny of lower plants )&&(! B7520 Mycology )
Finishing of course "System and evolution of lower plants" or equal course of another university.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Mycology in general; this course complements the basic system (of lower plants, in 1st year) and mycological practice. Fungi on the cell level, anatomy, morphology, vegetative body (thallus), reprodustion structures, genetics, nomenclature and work with fungal material.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
providing of general essentials for scientific study of fungi;
learning of fungal body and its structures;
understanding of processes taking place in fungal body;
comparison with another groups of organisms.
Syllabus
  • Definition of fungi.
  • Historical occurrence and theories about the origin of fungi.
  • Fungal cell structure.
  • Nutrition and metabolism, containing matters.
  • Vegetative thallus.
  • Fungal tissues.
  • Reproduction structures: asexual and sexual.
  • Fungal genetics.
  • Fruit bodies (carpophores) of fungi.
  • Fungal spores.
  • Nomenclature of fungi.
  • Cropping, determination and conservation of fungi.
Literature
  • Carlile, Michael J. et Watkinson, Sarah C.: The Fungi. - Academic Press, London etc., 1994.
  • Klán, Jaroslav: Co víme o houbách, SPN Praha, 1989.
Assessment methods
Lecture (2 hours per week), oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Předmět je vypisován v sudých letech.
Teacher's information
http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/studium/mykolog.htm
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Spring 2007, Spring 2011, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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