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Lecturer(s)
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Vašutová Martina, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Kavková Miloslava, Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Taxonomic and biological characteristics of edible and medicinal fungi: diagnostics and identification.Methods and possibilities of cultivation. Fungi and biotechnology. Use in industry. Metabolites of fungi, allergens, antibiotics, aflatoxins, organic acids Importance and practical use of ectomycorrhizal fungi with the respect to suistanable development of lanscape Characteristics and determination of ECM communities. Practical use of ECM fungi Importance and practical use of enthomopathogenic fungi and mycoparasitic fungi. Interaction fungus vs. fungus, interaction fungus vs. insect, practical effects. Fungi in food industry. Medical mycology. Content of practicals: Preparation of inoculum. Cultivation of edible and medicinal fungi. In vitro isolation of mycelia, media and substrate preparation. Isolation of mycorrhizal fungi, inoculation, importance for growth and plant development. Entomopathogenic fungi. Preparation of fermented milk products. Excursion.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration, Laboratory, Excursion
- Field trip
- 8 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 24 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 22 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 24 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Applied mycology provides theoretical and practical informations about utilisation of fungi in the field of medicine, forestry, and agriculture with regard to ecological interactions and throphic status of fungi. Selected methods of applied mycology will be used in practicals.
Knowledge on aplied mycology. Basic skills for aplied research: inoculation and cultivation of fungi, work with cultures, preparation of fermented milk products.
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Prerequisites
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Recommended courses: Mycology (KBO 135) or Introductury Botany, Phycology and Mycology (KBO 137)
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Combined exam, Development of laboratory protocols
80% attendance at practicals and attendance at the excursion, protocols.
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Recommended literature
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Cooke R.C., Wipps JM. Ecophysiology of Fungi. Oxford, 1993. ISBN 0-632-02168-3.
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Declerck S. In Vitro Culture of Mycorrhizas. Berlin, 2005. ISBN 10 3-540-24027-6.
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Gryndler M. Mykorhizní symbióza: O soužití hub s kořeny rostlin. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-200-1240-0.
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Mieslerová B., Sedlářová M., Lebeda A. Praktické využití hub a houbám podobných organismů v potravinářství, zemědělství, lékařství a průmyslu. Olomouc, 2015. ISBN 978-80-244-4703-2.
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Noris J.R., Read D., Varna A.K. Techniques for mycorhizal research: Methods in microbiology. AP Press, 1989.
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Smith S.E., Read D.J. Mycorrhizal symbiosis. London, 2008. ISBN 978-0-1237-0526-6.
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Stammets P. Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms. Berkeley, 2000. ISBN 978-1-58008-175-7.
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