Ateneo - UPO

Main taxonomic groups and their relationship with the environment

Deacon J.W. , 2006 - Fungal Biology. Wiley-Blackwell.

Develop the ability to interpret in a mechanistic manner the basic phenomena related to plant life.

Biology, ecophysiology

The course consists of lectures presenting the programme with the aid of slides. The slides, together with material for further reading, will be available on the teaching website.

Control of the learning capacity by discussing the topics during the lessons. In any case, the teacher will be available on appointment for clarifications on the topics of the lessons or on the material provided.
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Oral examination to verify the level of knowledge and understanding of the course content and to assess the autonomy of judgement, the ability to learn and communication skills. Questions regarding the fungal topic. The final evaluation will take account of scores achieved in the individual questions and in the exposure of an essay or a scientific article agreed and corrected during the course, before exposition. If the students have acquired and know how to properly use the formal terminology are considered sufficient, if they extensively answer all the questions and demonstrating connection skill they reach excellence.

An overview of systematics, biology and ecology of fungi. The fungi and enviroment.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY To be able to integrate the knowledge acquired through the theoretical lessons with the ability developed individually to understand and analyze the relationships between fungi and the environment. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING To be able to understand the positive and negative aspects of fungal activity on the environment.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS To be able to elaborate clearly and rigorously and to summarize the contents of the discipline in a concise manner, using appropriate terms during the examination. AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT To be able of critical analysis of the elements related to what acquired during the lessons. LEARNING ABILITY To be able to describe in an exhaustive manner scientific issues related to mycology. This ability will be developed by autonomously deepening the topics covered in class, by reading additional texts and scientific articles.