BOT 859
Medicinal Mycology
3
Course Description
Basic structure and biology of fungi.
Course Outline
Basic structure and biology of fungi; Systematic survey of fungi with medicinal properties; Fungi as sources of antibiotics; Medicinal and food value of mushrooms; Historical; folklore of fungi; Hallucinogen mushroom in primitive culture; Ergots of rye and ergotism in humans and animals; Biopharmaceutins of fungal origin; Industrial uses of fungi