Field Mycology: Identifying Fungi

Education facts

Code: 1BG516

In the course, you will learn to identify fungi collected in the field, and it also includes the ability to describe and preserve the fungi for future identification and microscopy. This is a suitable course if you are interested in field inventories and conservation biology. The course is given as two weeks of web-based teaching on theory and preparatory studies for practical fieldwork and a boarding week with fieldwork. The theory part of the course is examined by a project assignment, and the practical part is through mandatory attendance and identification exams during the boarding week. **Outline for distance course:** The course has a mandatory boarding week with fieldwork, preliminary September 14-20 2025. Teaching takes place through Zoom meetings/lectures, email and various course forums. Access to a computer with a stable internet connection and a web camera is required. Communication between teachers and students takes place on Zoom. We use Studium for course information.

Entry requirements

Completed courses of 150 credits including (1) 60 credits in biology and 30 credits in chemistry or 30 credits in earth science, or (2) 90 credits in biology. In both cases including either Fundamental and Molecular Systematics 10 credits or participation in Evolutionary Patterns 15 credits and 3 credits Floristics. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Field Mycology: Identifying Fungi

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 18 September 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %