Full Myco Course Sundays

This online course will cover the fundamentals of mycology, identifying and cultivating fungi, human uses for fungi and land managment with fungi. Classes will be live and recorded for people to re-watch later.

The course goes for 9 weeks on Sunday from 2pm to 5:30pm (with time for a break)

We are running the course  together with our partner organisation Haddon Community Learning Centre to provide limited discount ACFE funded places for adult learners looking at changing careers or going on to further education. If you sign up for one of these places we will email you the the funding forms which must be filled out before the course starts. We can assist you with filling them out if you encounter any problems. In order to qualify for ACFE funding you must be:

• Over 16
• Not attending school
• Living in Victoria
• Agree to fill in the form and provide a Medicare number (as proof of ID)

Units covered in this course:

Mycology 101

This course covers the fundamental aspects of mycology 

• Fundamentals of biology including cell structure and introduction to genetics and evolution
• Fungal diversity and different types of fungi
• How to identify fungi
• How fungi interact with other organisms and roles of fungi in the ecosystem
• Biosecurity including field hygiene and managing invasive species
• Guest speaker

Human uses for fungi and growing fungi

This course will cover human uses for fungi including

• Mushroom cultivation 
• Growing mushrooms at home and setting up your own lab
• Safe and ethical foraging
• Fungi in brewing
• Fungi in medicine
• Fungi in culture and history
• Emerging industries such as myco-materials

Fungal conservation, land-management and citizen science

This is a more advanced course focussing on fungi in the environment and how you can contribute as a citizen scientist

• Endangered fungi and fungal conservation
• How citizen scientists can contribute to fungal conservation
• How to survey fungi for scientific purposes
• Re-introducing fungi to the environment
• Biosecurity and invasive species management
• Fungi in land management and agriculture
• Using DNA technology
• DIY science and setting up your own lab

Wrap up session

• Further education pathways
• Getting jobs in land management and agriculture
• Starting your own business
• Getting involved in voluntary groups