Ateneo - UPO

The kingdom of the fungi and the other kingdoms. Outline of systematic, biology and ecology of fungi. Cosmopolitanism of fungi. The symbioses with plants and animals. The saprotrophs and their role in natural environments.

Deacon J.W. , 2007 - Fungal Biology. Wiley-Blackwell.
Introductory Mycology Constantine John Alexopoulos 1996

The course is aimed at providing students with an overview of the main characteristics of fungal morphology and metabolism, to highlight the wide range of activities of these organisms and their role in the environment. Develop systematic recognition skills.

Background in basic biology

Class lectures where exposure of arguments is accompanied by artwork and diagrams drawn by the teacher and partly derived from scientiphic articles. Laboratory experiences: identification of fungal taxa
related to human activities.

Control of learning: discussion of topics during lectures, practical exercises. The activity in the laboratory requires active and individual participation of students, who thus develop practical skills (sample preparation and microscope recognition ). In addition, active involvement leads them to ask questions (and often consequently to ask the teacher); in this way a regular verification of the way in which the topics are received is carried out. Le studentesse e gli studenti con disabilità o con Disturbi Specifici dell’Apprendimento (DSA) o con
Bisogni Educativi Speciali (BES) possono richiedere servizi e strumenti specifici a loro dedicati
rivolgendosi allo Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti e
consultando la pagina dedicata del sito di Ateneo: https://uniupo.it/it/servizi/servizi-studentidisabili-e-dsa
Le studentesse e gli studenti con disabilità, DSA, BES, una volta preso contatto con lo Staff di Ateneo,
possono contattare la/il docente titolare dell'insegnamento in relazione alla declinazione delle
modalità di esame, in merito agli aspetti didattici.

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 topics and recognition of fungal taxa. The final evaluation will take account of scores achieved in the individual questions and chosen by the student, the exposure of an essey 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 skills they reach excellence.

Feature of the fungal groups and their biological significance. Fungal systematic, biology and ecology.
Interactions between fungi and other organisms including humans. The fungal poisonings. Laboratory experiences: recognition of fungal taxa using mushrooms collected by students and microscopic slides obtained from fungal colture.

Acquisition of Mycology knowledge to understand the development of fungal biology. Ability to apply the knowledge in the laboratory to isolate and identify the most common fungi. Ability to discuss critically main phenomena of life of fungi and organize the knowledge acquired in order to discuss critically the main topics of Mycology. The student should also have knowledge and competence of correct terminology, and ability to develop critical thinking. Ability to use the tools to recognize the main fungal taxa. Ability to use the teaching material provided for a critical and functional study of mycological topics.