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Lecturer(s)
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Juráň Josef, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Janíková Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Kučera Jan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Vašutová Martina, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Konečná Marie, Mgr.
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Vejvodová Kateřina, Mgr.
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Course content
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Contents of lectures: 1. Introduction to mycology: fungal organisms in TOL, basic mycological terminology. Basidiomycota. 2. Ascomycota. 3. Other fungal groups (Glomeromycota, Zygomycota, Chytridiomycota, Microsporidia, Oomycetes, Myxomycota). Ecology of fungal organisms. 4. Prokaryotic autotrophic organisms, endosymbiotic theory. Chlorarachniophyta, Euglenozoa, Dinoflagellata and Chromerida. 5. Algae of the group Chromista (Cryptophyta, Haptophyta, Heterokonta). 6. Algae of the group Archaeplastida: Glaucophyta, Rhodophyta, Viridiplantae (Chlorophyta, Streptophyta). 7. Embryophyta I. - Bryophytes and lycophytes. 8. Embryophyta II. Ferns (Monilophyta). 9. Embryophyta III. Gymnosperms. 10. Embryophyta IV. Angiosperms I. basal groups, Magnoliids, monocots. 11. Embryophyta V. Angiosperms II. Eudicots.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Excursion
- Class attendance
- 70 hours per semester
- Field trip
- 4 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 12 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 70 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 50 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The lecture is aimed at non-botanists, explaining the brief outline of diversity in cyanobacteria, lower and higher plants and fungi. The function and importance of the plants and fungi in world biotopes, ecology and distribution are emphasized.
Outline of basic information about systenatics and phylogeny of autotrophic photosynthetising and fungal organisms, their function in ecosystems on Earth.
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Prerequisites
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The subject is accessible even to students without deeper knowledge of botanical disciplines, with teh general biology knowledge from secondary schools.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Test
Participation at practicals (max. 3 absences, of which max. 1 excursion absence), credit in the form of written test (min. 2/3 of the points from each part). Exam in the form of written test (min. 55%), possibility of dividing the test into 3 partial tests written in course of the semester.
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Recommended literature
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Judd W. S. et al. Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach, 4th Ed.. 2016. ISBN 9781605353890.
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Kalina T., Váňa J. Sinice, řasy, houby, mechorosty a podobné organismy v současné biologii. Karolinum, Praha, 2005.
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Watkinson S., Boddy L., Money N. The Fungi, 3rd Edition. Academic Press, 2015.
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