Department of Mycology and Algology

Curriculum at the Department of Mycology and Algology:

• General Mycology
• Applied Mycology (Lectures and Practical Course)
• Taxonomy and Systematics Principles in Mycology
• Fungal Physiology
• Fungal Ecology (Lectures and Practical Course)
• Fungal Genetics (Lectures and Practical Course)
• Secondary Metabolites in Fungi
• Biology of Soil Fungi
• Medicinal Fungi
• Mushrooms Cultivation (Lectures and Practical Course)
• Mitotic Fungi (Fungi Imperfecti) (Lectures and Practical Course)
• Methodology and Methods in Field Fungi Research
• Plant Immunity and Pathogenesis
• Cytology of Fungi and Algae (Lectures and Practical Course)
• General Algology
• Phytopathology
• Taxonomy of Algae (Lectures and Practical Course)
• Ecophysiology of Algae
• Diatomaceous Analysis
• Lichenology (Lectures and Practical Course)
• Methods in Analytical Biochemistry
• Latin Language in Biology

Summer Practical Courses:

1st year students:

• Zvenigorod MSU Biological Station (Moscow region): Fungi, Aquatic Algae, Aquatic Invertebrates, Myxomycetes;

• Belomorsk Biological Station (the White Sea): Marine Algae, Marine Invertebrates, and Lichens.

2nd year students:

• Zvenigorod MSU Biological Station: Taxonomy of Higher Plants, Geobotany, Vertebrates;

• Puschino Branch of MSU (Moscow region): Biochemistry, Biophysics.

3rd year students:

• Zvenigorod MSU Biological Station (Moscow region): Fungi and Algae Ecology.