This course will provide a brief introduction to fungi, their biology, and why they're useful to us. In other words, this class will cover many reasons on why fungi are awesome! As an added bonus, students will get to see live samples from the Amazon!

This course will explain why fungi are really cool and why you should think about fungi as more than a food you eat sometimes. The course will focus mainly on endophytes, a type of fungus that lives within plants. Topics will range from where these guys can be located to the awesome chemicals they can produce. In addition, there will be lots of cool pictures of fungus and a living sample for students to see!