Undergraduate Research: Herbarium Studies of Fungi, Lichen and Bryophytes

Summer 2013 quarter

Faculty

Lalita Calabria botany, phytochemistry, systematics

Fields of Study

botany and natural history

Prerequisites

At least one quarter of plant-related studies (ie. botany, taxonomy or ecology)

Description

Students will organize into research groups based on interest in either fungi, lichen, or bryophytes and design herbarium-based research projects on these taxa. The instructor will provide guidance with using technical key for identifying unknown fungi and lichen and/bryophytes as well as collection and curation methods. In addition, students will choose from a list of topics relating to taxonomy, ecology, and biology of these taxa for the instructor to lecture on throughout the quarter. Students will spend time in the field and laboratory discussing diagnostic characters of these groups and will learn how to sight recognize common species to our region.  A field trip to the UW herbarium and botanical gardens will give students an opportunity to visit a larger regional herbarium and see unusual and rare taxa of fungi, lichens, and bryophytes.

Location

Olympia

Online Learning

Enhanced Online Learning

Books

Greener Store

Schedule Details

First meeting: 4-5:30p Mon, Jun. 24.  Meeting times for the rest of the summer will be determined by class consensus and may be project-specific.

Offered During

Day and Evening