Course syllabus
Powerpoint Lectures:
Beer, wine, and distilled spirits: plant meets fungus through fermentation
The Irish potato famine: climate, blight and famine
Notes:
Further words on fibers:
hemp, sisal and linens
Plant fibers in stone-age
weaponry and tools
Energy-efficient
construction: wood, straw and sod
Coloring the world: stains
and dyes
Gums and resins: from
blowguns to radial tires
Tobacco, marijuana, opium,
cocaine
Beer, wine, and distilled
spirits: plant meets fungus through fermentation
The Irish potato famine:
climate, blight and famine
Use of fungi by indigenous
peoples
Herbs and fungi
in Chinese medicine
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