These study aids are available to students through the Plant Pathology Department student computer lab in 355 Hutchison Hall. They should have an understanding or interest in organismal biology, and life cycles, and an interest in learning about important groups of fungi and fungal-like organisms. Laboratories involve microscopic and macroscopic studies of living and preserved specimens, and the identification of representative fungi.
Examinations cover both lecture and laboratory material.
Dr. Rizzo describing features of a mushroom collected during a class field trip to Samual P. Taylor State Park in Marin County, north of San Francisco. Grades will be based on student performance on lecture and lab midterm exam, lecture and lab final exams, and term projects. Students tasting a whole range of fungal foods and food products. For most students, this is their first exposure to such a wide range of fungal foods, and they are given score sheets to keep track of their newly-discovered favorites.