Biology of Algae and Fungi (BIOL 360)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FALL 2001

DATE TOPIC CHAPTER
SEPTEMBER 18 BRYOPHYTES
24 LICHENS
OCTOBER 1 INTRO TO FUNGI
TAXONOMY 1^
EXAM I
8 STRUCTURE 2
15 GROWTH 3
ENVIRONMENT 7
22 GENETICS 8
SPORES 9
EXAM II
29 DECOMPOSERS 10
PLANT PARASITES 12
NOVEMBER 5 INTRO to ALGAE
CYANOPHYTA 2#
12 RHODOPHYTA 6
CHLOROPHYTA 3
  EXAM III  
19 CHLOROPHYTA 3
  CHROMOPHYTA 4
  THANKSGIVING 21 - 23  
26 MISC ALGAE 5

^CHAPTERS FROM MODERN MYCOLOGY by J.W. Deacon.

>#Chapters from A BIOLOGY OF THE ALGAE by Philip Sze.

>Final Exam - Wednesday, December 5, 2001 at 8:30.

TENTATIVE LABORATORY SCHEDULE

DATE TOPIC
September 24 Lichens and Mosses
October 1 Lichens and Mosses - field study
8 Culturing fungi - Nutritional requirements
15 MUSHROOM HUNTING
Antibiotic activities of fungi
29 Aquatic algae sampling
November 5 Algae as indicators of water quality
12 Extraction of carageenan
19 No official lab - work on projects
26 To be announced

Students identifying lichens in the field.
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