Introduction to Mycology

Mushrooms are some of the most fascinating organisms on the planet. But what are they exactly? Are they plants? No! In fact, they are extremely different from plants. They belong in their own kingdom, called the Fungi kingdom. What else is in there? Yeasts, molds, some other interesting things. But mushrooms are the most fascinating members, and there are a lot of them. What is their structure? How do they grow? How do they reproduce? What can we do with fungi? The study of these incredible organisms is called mycology, let's learn about it together!

Script by William Marcus

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[christianharriot]

I’ve made a habit of taking pictures of cool-looking mushrooms. Then I found r/mushrooms. Now Professor Dave is pulling it all together and giving my new hobby meaning.

[ginorisso]

I can get absolutely lost in the subjects of mycology, ecology, zoology, and botany, and always wanted to pursue a biology degree, but it was just never a practical thing for me- seeing that your channel has massive playlists for all of these subjects is such a fantastic thing to see, and I'm so excited to watch through all of them!

[kiwi]

Hopefully you'll see this, but thank you SO much Prof. Dave for putting these videos together. Watching these helped me get a 98% on my recent bio exam, so this is but a small thank you! You're so very appreciated!

[LeiiShroom]

I've been falling in love with fungi ever since adopting them as an online theme, and this series on mycology is only enriching it. Having a name for the phenomena of mushroom blindness tickles me in particular, that it wasn't just me noticing them with greater frequency.

You're a gem, Dave

[beccag]

A Series of Unfortunate Events made me obsessed with mycology growing up. It’s nice to dust off that knowledge now

[absolutelynoone]

Can't wait for more of this fun guy explains fungi!

[Nivola]

This is one of my favourite channel, I like the clear and logic order of the presentations that makes it easier to follow and understand. These are the basic attributes of a good teacher/lecturer.

[gevlovestennis]

Dave you're re-igniting my interest in science. Keep it up. You're awesome!

[joshua.ryan.powell]

I am very excited to see what you do with this series, and glad to hear you encouraging folks to study mycology, and that you’re interested in it as well. I’m currently back in school majoring in biochemistry intending on specializing in mycology after I graduate and move on to grad school/PhD. As well, I currently work as an accountant for a conventional environmental remediation company, and am hoping to make some of the science of mycoremediation more practical from the business perspective.

[Mr.Plecostomus]

Why can’t this guy become my teacher, love the way the videos are made and the witty comebacks to haters and ignorant people, you gotta love him!

[haeliemanuel]

So excited I randomly found this channel, would you ever make a tutorial or educational video on growing mushrooms ?

[blackheartgaming]

I just saw a documentary on Netflix the other day about fungus and I fell in love with the documentary and I’m thinking now about going back to college to become a mycologist

[peterfred]

My father was a commercial mushroom grower who started his business a couple years after 1926 when the head of the Department of Buckeye Labs at Penn State developed the method to commercially grow mushrooms.

[supdude]

Dave is awesome. Eager for the rest of the videos

[FranBunnyFFXII]

Thank you for saying Fungai instead of Funjee or Funjai. Drives me nuts when people do that.
Fungus singular, Fungai plural.

[jimmywolfe]

Morel season, on the east coast, is about to begin and this is just great way to get hype for the hunt. Love your videos PhDave

[crazykgtp]

I watched the intro video and I'm excited to see everything that you have to teach me. Thanks

[rwyearsago]

Great video I love mycology and fungi they are really underrated thanks so much for making this!

[mahdiharbe]

Thanks, Prof., I really enjoy watching your lectures.

[dancingdodo]

My 3rd year research project was based around the computational optimisation of mycotoxins to generate collisional cross section data for use in ion mobility spectrometry