PLPPM 3190 - Mushrooms of Field and Forest

(OPHLS-AG)

Fall (weeks 2-9). 2 credits. Letter grades only.

K. T. Hodge.

Students learn to identify mushrooms and other macrofungi on a series of eight field trips to local forests. Mushrooms are collected during afternoon lab field trips. During the evening labs, students use keys and microscopes to identify mushrooms they’ve collected, and brief lectures introduce fungal ecology and diversity. Students must attend both lab times.