Information about training programme

• Title of training: Cryptogamic botany and Mycology
• Description of project: A series of lectures, practicals, literature study and excursions, presenting the taxonomic diversity, phylogeny and biological aspects of the major clades of algae, mosses, ferns and macrofungi, incl. diagnostic information on the morphology and ecology and using herbarium and (when available) hortus collections.
• Duration of training: 4 × 1 week

Type of training

1. Practical experiences
• Taxon identification
• Recognition of the major families
• Preparing herbarium and pickled material
2. Lectures
• Introduction to the morphology and phylogeny of each of the clades
• Introduction to the floristic diversity and ecology
• Introduction to the morphology and anatomy
• Collecting specimens, handling herbarium material and label information
3. Seminars
• Freshwater elasmobranchs
• Sharks and the K/T boundary

Contact information of mentor / supervisor

• Name of mentor / supervisor: Dr. M. Noordeloos / Dr. P.H. Hovenkamp / Dr. M. Stech / Dr. S. Draisma
• Institution / Organisation: Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
• EDIT partner number: 6
• Unit / Department / Laboratory: PCNE/PITA
• Address: Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands

Target audience: for trainees at PhD or Postdoc level.

Individual training based on face-to-face and group discussions and self-activation in practicals. The content is shaped to the advanced courses organized by NHN in this matter, which usually have 1-2 lectures a day followed by a full day practicals and demonstrations.

Training can be given in all 4 groups (Fungi, Algae, Mosses, Ferns) divided into 4 × 1-week sessions. Specialisation in one of these groups is also possible, training will take 4 weeks.