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OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE
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Fungi: The Mysterious Kingdom
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Our general encounters with fungi can be positive, as in foods (mushrooms or yeast in cooking/brewing) or negative, as in diseases (athlete’s foot; leaf molds and other plant pests). Yet the importance of this major kingdom of life is so much more than this. Recent popular explorations of fungi (Merlin Sheldrake’s “Entangled Life,” “Finding the Mother Tree,” the Louie Schwartzberg documentary “Fantastic Fungi”) have stimulated a growing public interest in fungi. This course, primarily lectures with directed discussion, will serve as an introduction to these organisms. Topics will include: What is a fungus? How many kinds are there? Where are they found? What are their lifestyles? How do they reproduce? What roles do fungi play in the environment? How do fungi interact with living plants and animals (from symbioses to diseases)? New terms need to be understood (hyphae, mycelia, mycorrhizae) as we venture into this mysterious kingdom living mostly beneath our feet.
Fungi: The Mysterious Kingdom – In-Person
Item Number:
W25NAT304A
Dates:
1/23/2025 - 3/6/2025
Times:
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days:
Th
Sessions:
7
Maximum Enrollment:
78
Building:
Campbell Center
Room:
Room E
Instructor:
John Kloetzel
Registration for this course is closed.
Our general encounters with fungi can be positive, as in foods (mushrooms or yeast in cooking/brewing) or negative, as in diseases (athlete’s foot; leaf molds and other plant pests). Yet the importance of this major kingdom of life is so much more than this. Recent popular explorations of fungi (Merlin Sheldrake’s “Entangled Life,” “Finding the Mother Tree,” the Louie Schwartzberg documentary “Fantastic Fungi”) have stimulated a growing public interest in fungi. This course, primarily lectures with directed discussion, will serve as an introduction to these organisms. Topics will include: What is a fungus? How many kinds are there? Where are they found? What are their lifestyles? How do they reproduce? What roles do fungi play in the environment? How do fungi interact with living plants and animals (from symbioses to diseases)? New terms need to be understood (hyphae, mycelia, mycorrhizae) as we venture into this mysterious kingdom living mostly beneath our feet.
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