Mycology 101 Course

This online course covers the fundamental aspects of mycology and fungal ecology. Classes will be live and recorded for people to re-watch later.

• Fundamentals of biology
• Fungal diversity and different types of fungi
• How to identify fungi
• Roles of fungi in the ecosystem including as decomposers and 
• How fungi interact with other organisms including relationships with plants and animals

The course will run for 7 weeks and each class is around 1.5 hours long including Q and A. The classes will be on Thursday evenings from 6:30pm-8:00pm starting March 16.

Your teachers:

Ema Corro is a mycologist with experience in mushroom cultivation, myco-materials and ecology. She has a bachelor of Applied Science from RMIT and is studying her Master of Environmental Science at UNE. She is coordinator of the Wild Fungi Project which aims to increase knowledge of Australian fungi by engaging citizen scientists in collecting and sequencing mushrooms, as well as developing environmental DNA techniques to monitor pest and endangered fungi. Ema also works for AT Mushrooms and is Mycologist Wrangler at Fungi for Land.

Emily McIntyre is a graduate of a Masters of Ecosystem Management and Conservation, where she examined the effect of biotic and environmental variables on soil fungi for her thesis. She is currently undertaking a PhD in fungal ecology at the University of Melbourne. She is most interested in learning about the interactions that fungi have with plants, animals, and abiotic factors, to better understand how ecosystems function. She is also currently working with MYCOmmunity to undertake research into the effect of storm damage on soil fungi within Wombat Forest.

Discounts

Anyone who signs up for this course is entitled to discount prices on other courses in the series including:

• Human uses for fungi and growing fungi
• Fungal conservation, land management and citizen science
• Fungal ecology

PARTIALLY FUNDED ACFE ticket and scholarships

If you are a resident of Victoria, over 16, are willing to fill in a long form and provide a Medicare card as proof of residence, you may be eligible for a partially funded ticket. This option is provided through Adult Community and Further Education (ACFE) and with ticket and materials costs ends up similar to concession. Please get in contact with us at mycommunity@myco.org.au for more info about this option.

We also provide scholarships to people who can't afford the full pricce of ticket. Get in touch if you need this.

MYCOmmunity is an NFP and all profits from these courses help keep our community lab open and fund citizen-science projects.