General Mycology (MBI 270)

General Mycology Course content

1: Isolation of microorganisms

2: Dilution (Plate) methods

3: Method of Isolation of Fungi from Diseased Plant Parts

4: Methods of Isolation of Fungi from Skin

5: How to prepare fungal slides and examine them under a micrscope

6: Classification and microscopic examination of some members of Gymnomycota (Stemonitis sp.) and Haplomastigomycotina (Plamodiophora sp. and Synchytrium sp.)

7: Classification and microscopic examination of some members of Diplomastigomycotina (Saprolegnia, Peronospora, plasmopara and Albugo sp.)

8:Classification and microscopic examination of some members of Amastigomycota – Zygomycetes (as Rhizopus and Mucor sp.) and Ascomyctes –Hemiascomycetales (as Taphrina sp. and Saccharomyces sp.)

9:Classification and microscopic examination of some members of – Epigean Discomycetes as (Peziza sp. and Morchella sp.) and Hypogean as Terfezia , Tuber)

10:Classification and microscopic examiantion of some members of Basidiomycetes (Agricus bisporus, Amanita muscaria and Podaxis sp.)

11:Classification and microscopic examination of some members of Basidiomycetes -Rust fungi (Puccina graminis) and Smut fungi as (Ustilago sp.)