PMB 3812 is also offered in Summer 2023
PMB 3812 is also offered in Summer 2022
PMB 3812 is also offered in Summer 2021
Summer 2021 | PMB 3812 Section 001: Field Mycology (87667)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Itasca
- Times and Locations:
May Session
Mon,
Tue,
Thu,
Fri 01:00PM - 04:50PM
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ROOM-TBA
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (8 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- There is no better way to learn the fungi than hands-on, on "their terms" in nature and at the benchtop with specimens brought into the laboratory. This course harnesses the field and lab facilities at Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories in northern Minnesota to make this a seamless connection for hands-on, active learning. Students will come away with the knowledge to identify fungi in the field, to isolate them into pure culture, to save them in herbaria and 'living culture' collections, and to inoculate them back on solid, semi-solid, and liquid media to propagate, cultivate, and manage fungal strains for application. The latest estimates of the number of fungal species on our planet are between 2.2 and 3.8 million species. The diversity of single-celled and multi-cellular fungi is staggering, the result of divergence within a group of aquatic eukaryotes one billion years ago (± 500 million years). That divergence ultimately gave rise to animals and fungi, but the diversification within the fungal lineages is unrivaled. They can be found in aerobic and anaerobic environments. They are found on every Continent, recycling and reallocating vast amounts of nutrients in every Biome. They cause problems in crops but are also used to make food, with ancient processes such as fermentation and mushroom cultivation. For these reasons, mycology (study of fungi) is increasingly popular among students with interests as diverse as their fungal subjects. It is an exciting time to study Kingdom Fungi - doing so along Biome transition zones like those at Itasca Biological Station and Labs, offers a life-changing and enriching experience to shape anyone studying microbiology. This course will be rooted firmly in the field, but with a format of lecture, discussion, and field trips to provide students with a solid foundation in the fungi. Students will learn the basics of fungi by going into the various habitats (coniferous forest, deciduous forests, old-growth, new-growth
- Class Notes:
- This course is taught at the UMN Itasca Biological Station and Labs, located 220 miles northwest of the Twin Cities campus. Students are required to attend a mandatory orientation on Sunday, May 16, 2021, onsite and to pay $1,344 for room and board for housing and meals onsite 5/16/2021 - 6/4/2021. Scholarships available (https://cbs.umn.edu/itasca/field-biology-courses) to defer costs of room, board, and tuition. For more information, visit cbs.umn.edu/itasca or contact ibsl@umn.edu.
Due to COVID effects on lodging capacity at Itasca, to enroll in this course, you will need to obtain a permission number before registering. To request a permission number, email ibsl@umn.edu with the subject line "Field Course Permission." Please be patient with a response as we coordinate lodging. 5/4/21: REGISTRATION for PMB 3812 IS CLOSED.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87667/1215
ClassInfo Links - Summer 2021 Plant and Microbial Biology Classes