Course: Special Mycology

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Course title Special Mycology
Course code KBO/513
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In academic years starting with an even year (e.g. 2020/2021), in the summer semester.
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vašutová Martina, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Evolutionary Origins of Fungi and Tree of Life 2. Fungal Sex 3. Fungal Cell and Mycelium 4. Fungal Vision and Stress Adaptation 5. Fungal Genetics and Genomics 6. New knowledge on systematics of fungus-like organisms 7. Zoosporic fungi 8. Zoopagomycota, Mucoromycota 9. Ascomycota (Taphrinomycotina, Saccharomycotina) 10. Ascomycota (Pezizomycotina) 11. Basidiomycota (Pucciniomycotina, Ustilaginomycotina) 12. Basidiomycota (Agaricomycotina) Student presentations of articles related to the topics of lectures and their discussions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Work with multi-media resources (texts, internet, IT technologies)
  • Class attendance - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 52 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim is to expand the knowledge acquired in the bachelor's degree course of Mycology and to complete them with new findings in the systematics and fungal biology.
Advanced knowledge on phylogeny, biology and ecology of main groups of fungi and fungus-like organisms. Critical reading of current papers dealing with the topic.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge on mycology corresponding to at least half- semester bachelor's course

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in the seminar (at least 75%) Knowledge on mycology in the range of lectures (successful answering of 75% of questions)
Recommended literature
  • Anke, T. et Schüffler A. The Mycota. Physiology and Genetics. Springer. 978-3-319-89098-2. 2018.
  • Benz, J. P., et Schipper, K. The Mycota. Genetics and Biotechnology. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-49923-5.. 2019.
  • Články z časopisů. Fungal Diversity, Fungal Biology, Fungal Biology Reviews, Persoonia, New Phytologists etc..
  • Heitman, Joseph; Howlett, Barbara J.; Crous, Pedro W.,; Stukenbrock, Eva H.,; James, Timothy Yong,; Gow, Neil A. R. The fungal kingdom. Washington, DC : ASM Press, American Society for Microbiology, 2018. ISBN 978-1-5558-1957-6.
  • Moore, D.; Robson, G. D.; Trinci, A. P. J. 21st century guidebook to fungi. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-521-18695-7.


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