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B018694 - MYCOLOGY AND LICHENOLOGY
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Course Content
Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
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Type of Assessment
Course program
Sustainable Development Goals 2030
Academic Year 2022-23
Coorte 2021 - Second Cycle Degree in Scienze della Natura e dell'Uomo
Course year
Second year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Biology (BIO)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
BIO/02 - SYSTEMATIC BOTANY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
60
Teaching Term
12/09/2022 ⇒ 23/12/2022
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B031972 - LICHENOLOGIA CON LABORATORIO
Second Cycle Degree in SCIENZE DELLA NATURA E DELL'UOMO
Curriculum CONSERVAZIONE E GESTIONE DELLA NATURA
B031972 - LICHENOLOGIA CON LABORATORIO
Second Cycle Degree in SCIENZE DELLA NATURA E DELL'UOMO
Curriculum CONSERVAZIONE E GESTIONE DELLA NATURA
Teaching Language
italian
Course Content
Lichens: anatomy, morphology and development. Systematic evaluation of morphological characters, functional traits, conservation strategy, environmental response and effects (biomonitoring) , secondary metabolic products. Taxonomy
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Manuals and papers provided by the teacher.
Suggested readings:
Lichen Biology Second Edition Edited by THOMAS H. NASH III Arizona State University, USA © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-69216-8
Suggested readings:
Lichen Biology Second Edition Edited by THOMAS H. NASH III Arizona State University, USA © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-69216-8
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired:
Biology and anatomy of lichens.
Sistematics of lichens.
Competence acquired:
Systematic evaluation of morphological characters.
Skills acquired use of light microscope spot test for taxonomic identification of lichens,
Biology and anatomy of lichens.
Sistematics of lichens.
Competence acquired:
Systematic evaluation of morphological characters.
Skills acquired use of light microscope spot test for taxonomic identification of lichens,
Prerequisites
Botanica I is recommended
Teaching Methods
Lectures, laboratory and field practice
Further information
Attendance of formal lectures and field and laboratory activities is highly recommended
Type of Assessment
Exam modality:
Students deliver their own presentations/review. Topics of the presentations are chosen beforehand and cover all the key topics of the course.
Students deliver their own presentations/review. Topics of the presentations are chosen beforehand and cover all the key topics of the course.
Course program
Lichens: thallus anatomy, thallus morphology, vegetative structures; sexual reproduction and vegetative propagation; ecophysiology of lichens; study of functional traits, methods for taxonomic recognition, models and methods for conservation and protection of lichen diversity, lichens as biomonitors: bioindication, bioaccumulation, climate change, secondary metabolites in lichens, Classification of lichens.
Sustainable Development Goals 2030
This teaching contributes to the realization of the UN goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
SDG13. Agire per il clima
SGD15. La vita sulla terra
SDG13. Agire per il clima
SGD15. La vita sulla terra