Diversity of Plants and Fungi
Plant and Microbial Biology C102 and C102L
Integrative Biology C101 and C101L

Fall 2007
John Taylor, Brent Mishler, and Lewis Feldman
 

 

Lecture: T & Th, 10-11 AM, 103 GPB
Laboratory : W or F, 1-5 PM, 209 GPB

ANNOUNCEMENT: BRING A BLUE BOOK TO THE FINAL

REVIEW SESSIONS:
Dec. 13 - Anna has office hours 11:30-1:30 at Free Speech cafe
Dec. 17 - Betty's review session 2-3pm in GPB 103

Dec. 18 - GSI review session at 1pm in 2063 VLSB
Dec. 18 - Dr. Feldman will hold a review session 5-6pm in 338 Koshland Hall
 Dec. 19 - Emily has office hours 10-12 at Free Speech cafe

FIELD TRIP HANDOUT
Course Description

Course Material

Lecture Notes

Date Lecture Extra Materials
Aug 28 Introduction to Biodiversity-Phylogenetics
Aug 30 Introduction to Flowering Plants
Sept 4 Introduction to Fungi Slides, Movie1, Movie2
Sept 6 The Root System
Sept 11 Angiosperm Reproductive Systems
Sept 13 The Embryo
Sept 18 Photosynthesis Study Questions - midterm1
Sept 20 Transport
Sept 25 Vascular Cambium/Secondary Tissues
Sept 27 Systems for Protection, Aeration, Absorption, Secretion and Excretion
Oct 2 Tropisms and Communication
Oct 4 Big Picture-The Tree of Life
Oct 9 MIDTERM 1
Oct 11 Blue Green Bacteria and Red Plants
Oct 16 Brown Plants and Dinoflagellates
Oct 18 Introduction to Green Plants-Green Algae
Oct 23 Bryophytes
Oct 25 Ferns and Allies
Oct 30 Seed Plants
Nov 1 Evolution of Flowering Plants
Nov 6 MIDTERM 2 Study questions-midterm2
Nov 8 Basidiomycota Diversity Slides, Movie3, Movie4, Movie5, Movie6
Nov 13 Ascomycota with Passive Spore Discharge Slides, vocab
Nov 15 Ascomycota with Active Spore Discharge Slides
Nov 20 Zygomycota Slides
Nov 22 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Nov 27 Chytridiomycota slides
Nov 29 Oomycota Slides
Dec 4 Myxomycota Slides, vocab
Dec 6 Integrative Mycology Slides, vocab
Dec 20 MIDTERM 3 (8-9am) Study questions - midterm3
Dec 20 FINAL EXAM (9-11am)

Laboratory Information

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Session/Photos Quiz Laboratory
Lab 1 None Scheduled
Lab 2 The Angiosperm Body Plan
Lab 3 Practice Fruit and Seeds
Lab 4 Quiz 1 The Flower and Embryo Structure and Development
Lab 5 Tour of the Botanical Garden
Lab 6 Quiz 2 Cyanobacteria and Rhodophyta
Lab 7 Phaeophyta, Chrysophyta, Dinophyta
Lab 8 Quiz 3 Euglenophyta and Chlorophyta
Lab 9 Bryophytes and Early Land Plants
Lab 10 Quiz 4 Ferns and Gymnosperms
Lab 11 Basiodiomycota
Lab 12 Quiz 5 Ascomycota
FIELD TRIP Nov. 17-18 Mendocino Field Trip
Lab 13 Afternoon Demonstration of Mendocino Mushrooms (Nov. 19)
Lab 14 Quiz 6 Zygomycota and Chytridiomycota
Lab 15 Oomycota and Myxomycota

Instructors Graduate Student Instructors
John Taylor Anna Simonin
321 Koshland Hall 341 Koshland Hall
642-5366 email:  annasimonin@berkeley.edu
email: jtaylor@nature.berkeley.edu Th. 11:30 - 12:30 at Free Speech cafe
Office Hours: TBA or by appointment
Brent Mishler Emily Limm
4164 VLSB 4007 VLSB
email: bmishler@berkeley.edu email: emlimm@berkeley.edu
Office Hours: TBA By Appointment
 
Lewis Feldman Betty Gilbert
431 Koshland Hall 321 Koshland Hall
email: feldman@nature.berkeley.edu email: lgilbert@berkeley.edu
Office Hours: TBA Office Hours: Tuesday, 11-12
Grading
Exams and Quizzes Points
Quizzes (6) 90
Field Trip Participation 30
Midterms (3) 300
Final (1) 200
Total Points 620
website maintained by: Anna Simonin and Emily Limm
last updated: November 2 2007