Tomorrow you will do a Fungi Lab, so bring a copy of the lab with you to class. You can download the lab from the "Documents" section of the class website.
EXTRA LEARNING:
In class, we learned a lot about the various phyla of fungi. We learned that some fungi are beneficial while others are harmful. I brought up the example of certain species of fungi that are able to infect the brains of ants and control their behavior to transport the fungi to a location ideal for it to reproduce. Here are some articles and video clips for those who are interested in learning more about these fungi and the "zombie ants" they infect: BBC video clip, National Geographic video clip, National Geographic article. Interestingly, records of "zombie-ant fungus" were made as early as 1859 by Alfred Russel Wallace, a naturalist and contemporary of Charles Darwin, who collected specimens in Indonesia and Brazil.
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