Bi7525 General mycology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2017
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)
Mgr. Lukáš Chrást (lecturer)
Ing. Monika Laichmanová, 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.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
( Bi1090 Phylog. & diver. algae & fungi || B1090 System phylog. lower plants || B2060 System and phylogeny of lower plants )&&(! B7520 Mycology )
Finishing of course "Phylogeny and diversity of algae and 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" and "mycology", unifying characters and classification of fungi.
  • Historical occurrence and theories about the origin of fungi, trends in evolution, palaeontological documentation.
  • Fungal cell structure: cytoplasm and cytoplasmic membrane, cell organelles, nucleus, its division and cell cycle, cell wall structure.
  • Nutrition and metabolism: nutrition sources and intake, matters contained in fungal bodies.
  • Vegetative thallus: non-mycelial fungi; hyphae, their modification and hyphal structures, fungal tissues, lichen thallus, growth of fungal thalli.
  • Reproduction structures: reproduction vegetative, asexual and sexual.
  • Fungal genetics: homothalism and heterothalism, genetical analysis, individuals, populations and species.
  • Fruitbodies (carpophores) of fungi: sporocarps and similar structures, ascocarps and basidiocarps, anatomy of fruitbodies, hymenial elements.
  • Fungal spores: types of spores, their structure, sporulation, distribution and germination.
  • Nomenclature of fungi.
  • Cropping and determination, cultivation and conservation of fungi.
Literature
  • Klán, Jaroslav: Co víme o houbách, SPN Praha, 1989.
  • Carlile, Michael J. et Watkinson, Sarah C.: The Fungi. - Academic Press, London etc., 1994.
Teaching methods (in Czech)
Přednáška (2 hodiny týdně)
Assessment methods
Lecture (2 hours per week), oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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.
The course is taught: every week.
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 2009, Spring 2011, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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