One of my favorite baking projects for my magical mushrooms class was based on lichen week. Lichen is made up of a symbiosis (an interaction) between fungus, algae, and from a recent discovery yeast is also involved. Lichen can grow in harsh environments and comes in many forms. In class, we brought in samples of […]
This year I was a TA (teaching assistant) for a class at Cornell called Magical Mushrooms and Mischievous Molds. Its one of the largest classes at Cornell with over 300 people enrolled and is a popular way for non science majors to fulfill a science requirement. I taught the course last year as well including […]