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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