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Biology Topics

• FUNGI
• NON-FLOWERING PLANTS
• Mosses
• Liverworts
• Coniferous Forests/Temperate Rainforest
  • Pinyon Pine
  • Ponderosa Pine
  • Western Oak
  • Redwood
  • Tanoak/Laurel
  • Western White Pine
  • California Mixed Conifer
  • Hemlock/Sitka Spruce
  • Douglas Fir
  • Fir/Spruce/Mountain Hemlock
  • Alder/Maple
  • Other Western Softwoods
  • Western Larch
• Biological Succession (Mt. St. Helens)
• Introduction to Anaerobic Respiration (Alcoholic Fermentation via Beer, Lactic Acid Fermentation via muscles and discussion of Henneguya salminicola)

• Mycetozoa � Slime Molds
• Oomycetes � Water Molds
• Microsporidia
• Glomeromycota
• Chytridiomycota � Allomyces
• Zygomycota � Black Bread Mold (Rhizopus)
• Saccharomycetes � Yeast
• Leotiomycetes � Earth Tongues
• Sordariomycetes � Flask Fungi
• Pezizomycetes � Morels, Truffles, Cup Fungi
• Urediniomycetes � Rusts
• Ustilaginomycetes � Bunts, Corn Smut (Ustilago)
• Heterobasidiomycetes � Jelly Fungi, Ear Fungus
• Agaricales � Gill Mushrooms
• Cantharellales � Chanterelles, Teeth Fungi
• Boletales � Boletes
• Aphyllophorales � Turkey Tail, Polypores
• Stereales � Crust and Parchment Fungi
• Thelephorales � Scaly Tooth
• Geastrales � Earthstars
• Lycoperdales � Puffballs
• Tulostomatales � Stalked Puffballs
• Nidulariales � Bird�s Nest Fungus
• Phallales � Stinkhorns
• Hymenogastrales � False Truffles
• Bryopsida � Mosses
• Myxozoa - Henneguya salminicola, parasite that causes "milky flesh" in salmon, does not need oxygen to live (Scientists discover the first-known animal that doesn�t need oxygen to survive)
• Salmon

Human Effects on the Environment and Our Own Health

• Need for The Endangered Species Act (Spotted Owl)
• Value of Biodiversity