For homework for the next 4 Modules, or couple months, you are going to try and hone in your field ID skills. This week everyone needs to choose a different family to study more in-depth. Look up all of the genera in that family and begin familiarizing yourself with the similarities. Each of you will do a 15+ minute presentation on our findings. For instance, if you were looking at Entolomataceae, you would say it is generally a pink spored family of mushrooms, and list the genera of this family. Refer back to some of your group's past findings, and give your group some tips for recognizing these families/genus. Please comment in group email with the family you want to focus on this period. Everyone should have a different family. 

 

Here are some families (areas) to choose from (feel free to choose a different one not listed):

Agaricaceae

Cantharellaceae

Paxillaceae

Phallaceae

Pluteaceae

Tricholomataceae

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Geoglossum/ Trichoglossum (earth tongues)

Lycoperdales

Nidulariales (bird's nest)

Truffles

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Presentations: Pick one of the Families listed above or pick your own and create a presentation for the rest of the study group.

Please include the following:

• 10-15 min max

• Classification, Kingdom, Division, Subdivision, Class, Order, Family, Genus and species

• Identifying features of that Family

• 2 examples of Genera in that Family

• 1 example of a species

• Habitat

• Season

• Toxic?

 

Finally, continue working on making cross sections of a mushroom and see if you can get more practice at it. 

 

Post at least two specimens to your iNaturalist profile.

 

Finally, since we will be incorporating a microscope in every session, continue working on making cross sections of a mushroom and see if you can get more practice at it. If you are getting consistent sections, then start to practice looking at your specimens under the microscope and describing what you are seeing. 

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