ETHNOMYCOLOGY EBOTF336,ANTHF336

“AlwaysBoilFirst,”byIgorPasternak,Fungi,Fall2013

Spring2020,3Credits,Tuesday6-9pm,Bunnell313,ClassroomandDistanceDelivery Instructors:SVETAYAMIN-PASTERNAK(syamin@alaska.edu)IGORPASTERNAK(gipasternak@alaska.edu)

Office:Bunnell305,UAF,TananaValleyCampus(907)474-6188;Hours:TuesdayandThursday3:30-5:30pmTeachingassistant:EduardZdor(ezdor@alaska.edu)

InstructorInformation:ProfessorsIgorPasternakandSvetaYamin-PasternakteachattheUAFDepartmentofAnthropology,DepartmentofArt,andtheEthnobotanyProgram,andwearealsomembersofresearchfacultyattheInstituteofNorthernEngineering.Ethnomycologyhasbeenoneofourmainfieldsofstudyoverthelasttwentyyears.CoursePrerequisites:ANTH100XorEBOT100orInstructorpermission

2EBOTANTH336,ETHNOMYCOLOGY CourseDescriptionScholarlyinvestigationofhumanbeliefsandpracticessurroundingmushroomsandotherfungiisknownasastudyinethnomycology.Asanintroductoryoverviewofethnomycology,thecourseaimstoprovidestudentswithgreaterawarenessandappreciationofthewaysinwhichthestudyofthehumanrelationshipswithfungicanshedlightonbroaderculturalprocessesandsocial-ecologicalinteractions.CourseGoalsEthnomycologyisasocialsciencethatintegratesperspectivesofmanydifferenttypesofresearchers,includinganthropologists,culturalgeographers,sociologists,arthistorians,linguists,psychologists,andpoliticalscientists.Italsoreachesintoareasoflifesciencesandphysicalsciences,humanities,andfinearts,asanumberofpractitionersinthesefieldshaveexploredconnectionsbetweenpeopleandfungi.Thiscourseexaminestheworksofkeycontributorstoethnomycology–thecontributorswhoseideashaveplayedanimportantroleinestablishinganddevelopingthefield.Thelectureandreadingmaterialsdiscusstherolesoffungiinfood,medicine,art,commerce,recreation,spirituallife,andvariousutilitarianapplications.Thecoursefeaturesexamplesofhuman-fungiinteractionsfromsocietiesaroundtheworld,includingAlaskaandotherhighlatituderegions.LearningOutcomesUponsuccessfulcompletionofthecourse,studentswillbeabletoapply:• thefoundationalideas,discoveries,social-culturalprocesses,andcontemporary

influencesthatshapethefieldofethnomycology,• crossculturalvariationandhistoricalchangeinhowhumansutilizeandinteractwith

mushroomsandotherfungi,• currentresearchdirectionsandquestionsinethnomycologyandrelatedfields,-key

methodologiesandanalyticaltoolsneededtodesignandcarryoutethnomycologicalresearch,

• resourcessuchaslibraryandmuseumcollections,web-basedsources,andprofessionalandamateurorganizations,helpfulinthefurtherexplorationsinethnomycology,

• themajortransformativeperspectivesfromethnomycologyandrelatedfields,whichhelpusthinkcriticallyaboutthedifferencesinculturalassumptionsandworldviewsthatshapeoursocialrelationships.

Studentperformanceintheexamsandwritingassignmentsserveasameasureofthestudentsuccess.

3EBOTANTH336,ETHNOMYCOLOGY RequiredTextsStudentsshouldpurchasethesebooks:Bone,Eugenia2011Mycophilia:RevelationsfromtheWeirdWorldOfMushrooms.

RodalePublishers.Letcher,Andy2007Shroom:ACulturalHistoryoftheMagicMushroom.HarperCollins

Publishers.OtherrequiredreadingmaterialslistedintheCourseCalendararedistributedintheelectronicformat.CourseStructureandPoliciesDeliveryMethodandRequiredTechnologyAccess:Thisisablendedcoursethataccommodatesdistance-deliveryinstructionfortheremotelybasedstudentsandclassroom-basedinstructionforstudentsintheFairbanksarea.AllstudentslivingintheFairbanksareashouldattendclassmeetingsinperson.Theremotelybasedstudentswillbeprovidedwithinstructionsonhowtotuneintotheclassmeetings.ThereadingmaterialsthataredistributedinelectronicformwillbeavailabletoallstudentsviathecourseBlackboardpage.Thecoursegradeisdeterminedbasedonthefollowingcriteria:• Classparticipation,includingcontributingtodiscussions,askingquestions,encouragingdialoguewithfellowstudentsandinstructors,isworth10%ofthecoursegrade

• Assignment1“EthnomycologicalAutobiography,”dueJanuary28isworth15%ofthecoursegrade

• Assignment2“EthnomycologicalAutobiography,ReflectedUponandUpdated,”dueApril28,isworth20%ofthecoursegrade(both“autobiography”assignmentsinvolvewriting4-6pagesessays,wherestudentsreflectontheirconnectiontotheworldoffungi,asseenearlyinthesemesterandclosetothesemesterend;instructionsaredistributedtostudentsasstatedonthecoursecalendar

• Midtermexamisworth25%ofthefinalgrade• Finalexamisworth30%ofthefinalgradeThetwowritingassignmentsaimtoprovidestudentsanopportunitytoreflectonthenewunderstandingtheyhaveacquiredasaresultoflearningfromthecoursematerialsandclassdiscussions.CompletingAssignment1involveswritinga3-pagedouble-spacedpaperthatprovidesanoverviewofthestudentexperienceswithfungi,connectedtothesefivedomains:food,medicine,spirituality,householduses,andbroaderrelationshipswiththesocialandphysicalenvironmentsinwhichtheyhavelived.Theassignmentaimsnottoevaluatethestudenteruditioninthefield,buttoexploretheindividualexperiencesstemmingfromthesocialandculturalbackgroundof

4EBOTANTH336,ETHNOMYCOLOGY eachstudent.CompletingAssignment2involveswritinga5-pagepaperthatrevisitseachofthedomainsdiscussedinAssignment1anddrawsonthecoursematerialtoprovideaninterpretivecontextfortheearlierdescribedbeliefsandpracticesconnectedwithfungiineachdomain.TheA-rangelettergradeisawardedforawell-composedpaperthatdiscusseshuman-fungirelationshipseachoftheassigneddomainsasstipulatedbytheguidelinesforeachassignment.TheB-rangelettergradeisawardedforawell-composedpaperthatdiscussesaminimumofthreeoutofthefiveassigneddomains.C-rangelettergradeisawardedforapaperthatdiscussedtwooftheassigneddomains.Additionalguidelinesforcompletingtheassignmentswillbedistributedinclass.Thetwoexams,amidtermandafinal,willbetakehomeexamsconsistingofshortessayquestionsthataimtoassessthestudentunderstandingofthelectureandreadingmaterial.Themidtermexamconsistsoffivequestions.Thefinalexamiscumulativeandconsistsofsixquestions.Lettergradesforthecourseareassignedasfollows:A+=97-100%;A=92-96.5%;A-=90-91.5%;B+=87-89.5%;B=82-86.5%;B-=80-81.5%;C+=77-79.5%;C=72-76.5%;C-=70-71.5%;D+=67-69.5%;D=62-66.5%;D-=60-61.5%StudentSupportStudentsareencouragedtobecomefamiliarwiththeUAFstudentsupportservicesavailableatregionalcampusesandonline.TheUAFmainwebsiteprovideslinkstotheAcademicAdvisingCenter,WritingCenter,campuslibraries,OfficeofInformationTechnology,StudentActivitiesOffice,CenterforHealthandCounseling,ande-LearningandDistanceEducation.Studentsshouldfeelcomfortabletoconsulttheappropriateserviceforassistancewithschoolwork,research,personalwellness,andadequateaccesstoresources.Theinstructorsarehappytoassistwithquestionsrelevanttothecourse.Studentsmaycontacttheinstructorsviaemailandalsosetupappointmentsfortelephonicorofficemeetings.TheinstructorsworkwiththeOfficeofDisabilitiesServices(UAFMainCampus208WhitakerBuilding,474-5655)toprovidereasonableaccommodationtostudentswithdisabilities.CourseCalendarThisisourmainrouteforthesemester.Studentsshouldexpectsomemodificationstoaccommodatetheemergingclassdynamicsandtheinterestsandneedsexpressedasweadvanceinthecourse.Allchangesinthescheduleandreadingcalendarwillbe

5EBOTANTH336,ETHNOMYCOLOGY announcedinclassandpostedinAnnouncementsonthecourseBlackboardpagewithinsufficienttimeframetocompletethereading.Week1January14COURSEINTRODUCTIONStudentsreceiveinstructionsfortheassignment“EthnomycologicalAutobiography.”DEFININGTHETHIRDKINGDOM:- how fungi are understood in different knowledge systems, including mycologicalscienceWeek2January21DEFININGTHETHIRDKINGDOM:- how fungi are understood in different knowledge systems, including mycologicalscienceRequiredReadingMycophilia:“Introduction”Shroom:“TheMushroomPeople”ElectronicArticles:Aptroot,Andreetal2014RapidAssessmentoftheDiversityof“Vehiculicolous”LichensonaThirtyYearOldFordBroncoTruckinCentralPuertoRico,Fungi7(2-3):23-27Benjamin,Denis

2014ALexiconforMushroomTasting,Fungi6(5):16-17Dugan,Frank

2014Yeasts:What'sinaname?Abriefreconnaissanceandsamplingofliterature,Fungi6(4):46

Hallock,RobertandMauraLaBrecque2014DistinctOdorsofMushroomsandanOdorWheeltoCategorizeThemFungi6(5):18-22

Kay,Richard2013What’sinaName?APhilologicalForay.ExplorationsoftheScientificNamesofSelectGeneraofFungi,Fungi6(2):4-52012What’sinaName?APhilologicalForay.ExplorationsoftheScientificNamesofSelectGeneraofFungi,Fungi5(5):4-5

Week 3 January 28 Assignment “Ethnomycological Autobiography” is DUE at thestartofclass.ETHNOMYCOLOGYASAFIELDOFSTUDY

6EBOTANTH336,ETHNOMYCOLOGY -keycontributors,historicalandcontemporaryperspectivesRequiredReadingMycophilia:“ForaysandFestivals”Shroom:“ScienceandMagic”ElectronicArticles:Tsing,Anna 2013DancingtheMushroomForest,Philosophy,Activism,Nature10:6-14Yamin-Pasternak,Sveta

2011Ethnomycology:MushroomsinCulturalEntanglements,Ethnobiology,aTextbook,Adnerson,E.N.,Pearsall,D.,Hunn,E.,andTurner,N.,eds.WileyBlackwellPublishers

Week4February4LEARNINGABOUTMUSHROOMS:- critical overview of literature, online sources, professional and amateurorganizations,communityeventsRequiredReadingMycophilia:“ConferencesandCollectors”Shroom:“TheArchaeologyofEcstasy”ElectronicArticles:Arora,David1999TheWayoftheWildMushroomCaliforniaWild52:8-19Bunyard,Britt

2011Psilocybe101:APrimeronMagicMushroomsandRelatedLittleBrownMushroomsFungi4(3):43-48

Money,Nicholas 2014CircusFungorum:TheAestheticsofFungalMovementFungi6(5):36-39Stamets,Paul

2013Maitake:TheMagnificentDancingMushroom,Fungi6(3):12-14.Velinga,Else 2012Fruitbodies–ASelectionoftheMycologicalLiterature,Fungi5(5):

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Week5February11MYCOPHAGY:FUNGIINWORLDCUISINES

7EBOTANTH336,ETHNOMYCOLOGY - culinary uses ofwildmushrooms, common cultivated varieties, lactic bacteria andyeastsinbaking,fermentation,anddistillingRequiredReadingMycophilia:“Mutualists,Decomposers,andParasites”Shroom:“MuchDisordered”ElectronicArticles:Bunyard,Britt

2013TokaysandSauternes,Fungi6(3):31-32Buyck,Bart2008TheediblemushroomsofMadagascar:anevolvingenigma,EconomicBotany62(3):509-520

Cook,Langdon2013FireontheMountain:TheSecretsofBurnMorelHunters,Fungi6(4):34-37

Rubel,WilliamandDavidArora2008AStudyofCulturalBiasinFieldGuideDeterminationsofMushroomEdibilityUsingtheIconicMushroom,AmanitamuscariaasanExample,EconomicBotany62(3):223-243.

Week6February18ContinuedMYCOPHAGY:FUNGIINWORLDCUISINES- culinary uses ofwildmushrooms, common cultivated varieties, lactic bacteria andyeastsinbaking,fermentation,anddistillingRequiredReadingMycophilia:“Hunters,Gatherers,andThieves”Shroom:“FeastsandRevelations”ElectronicArticles:Benjamin,Denis 2013AProposedClassificationfortheBoleteHarvestandItsUses,Fungi 6(4):27-30Hufford,Mary

2006MollyMoochingonBradleyMountain:TheAestheticEcologyofAppalachianMorels,Gastronomica6(2):49-60

Jonsson,Maria2011SwedishMushrooms:PartofaNationalHeritage,Fungi(3):51-55

Sitta,NicolaandMarcoFloriani2008NationalizationandglobalizationtrendsinthewildmushroomcommerceofItalywithemphasisonporcini(Boletusedulisandalliedspecies),EconomicBotany62(3):307-322.

8EBOTANTH336,ETHNOMYCOLOGY Week7February25ContinuedMYCOPHAGY:FUNGIINWORLDCUISINES- culinary uses ofwildmushrooms, common cultivated varieties, lactic bacteria andyeastsinbaking,fermentation,anddistillingRequiredReadingMycophilia:“TheExotics”and“Truffles”Shroom:“Wasson”ElectronicArticles:Nicholson,MichaelandBrookePearson

2014VariablesInfluencingViabilityofBrewer’sYeast,Fungi7(1):23-27Rogers,Robert 2013Agarikon,GhostsofthePacificNorthwest,Fungi6(4):20-23Shavit,Elinoar

2008Trufflesroastingintheeveningfires:pagesfromthehistoryofdeserttruffles,Fungi(1):18-23.

Winkler,Daniel 2013TrufflesofThePacificNorthwest,Fungi6(4):16-19Week8March3MUSHROOMSFORHEALTHANDHEALING:-ethnomedicineandmycopharmacologyRequiredReadingMycophilia:“FungithatMakeYouWellandFungithatMakeYouSick”and“TheNewSuperfood”Shroom:“TheFlyAgaric”ElectronicArticles:Beug,Michael:

2012AReflectiononMedicinalMushrooms,Fungi5(1):38-39McFarland,Joseph:

2012IsthereaResponsibleWaytoHarvestChaga?Fungi5(3):8-9Pilz,David2012ChagaHarvestingintheLandoftheSiberianTiger,Fungi5(3)Rose,David

2012TheStinkhornMonologue5(1):23-31Shepard,GlennHJr.,Arora,DavidandAaronLampman

2008TheGraceoftheflood:classificationanduseofwildmushroomsamongthehighlandMayaofChiapas.EconomicBotany62(3):437-470

9EBOTANTH336,ETHNOMYCOLOGY Spinosa,Ron 2012TheChagaStory5(3):22-26Spinosa,RonandBrittBunyard 2012No,That’sNotChaga5(3):45-47HAPPYSPRINGBREAK!Week9March17Studentsreceivequestionsforthetake-homeMidtermExamonCRAFTYAPPLICATIONS:- fungi in fabric dyes, woodworking, gardening, and household applicationsRequiredReading

Mycophilia:“AllAboutButtons”and“Mycotechnologies”Shroom:“Soma”and“ChemistryandConspiracy”ElectronicArticles:Allen,Alissa

2014GettingStartedwithLichenDyes,Fungi7(2-3):66-69Lucking,RobertandThorstenLumbsch,2014Lichens:FungalFarmers,Fungi7(2-3):6-

14McFarland,Joseph

2014MoreDetailsaboutFireandFungi,Fungi7(1):41-44Rhodes,Chris

2014Mycoremediation(BioremediationwithFungi)–GrowingMushroomstoCleantheEarth.Amini-review,resilience.org

Rice,Miriam 1980MushroomsforColor,MadRiverPrintingWeek10March24Midterm Exam is Due at the start of class on March 26 FUNGI ANDEXPRESSIVECULTURE:- visual,literary,andperformanceartinspiredbythethirdkingdomRequiredReadingShroom:“AcademicExercise”and“HighPriests”ElectronicArticles:Rose,David

2009Ethnopetics:Somapoetics,Fungi2(2):8-10,41-44.

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2008APluralityofOne:JohnCageandthePeople-to-PeopleCommitteeonFungi,Fungi1(4):25-352008 Auriculariaauricular,Anti-Semitism,andPoliticalMushrooms,Fungi1(1):12-17

Schaechter,Elio2009 MushroomsellersinRenaissanceandBaroquepaintings.Fungi2(1):12-13

Stoddard-Hayes,Marlana2014SporePrintsasArt,Fungi7(1):222011SporePrintsasArt,Fungi4(3):42

Week11March31SOCIALANDECOLOGICALRELATIONSHIPS- economic,recreational,andspiritualvaluesconnectedwithfungiRequiredReadingElectronicArticles:Dugan,Frank

2012YippieYiYo,MycotaKiYay,Fungi5(1):6-19Saito,HaruoandMitsumataGaku

2008BiddingCustomsandHabitatImprovementforMatsutake(Tricholomamatsutake)inJapan,EconomicBotany62(3):258-268.

Tsing,AnnaL.andShihoSatsukafortheMatsutakeWorldsResearchGroup2008DivergingUnderstandingsofForestManagementinMatsutakeScience,EconomicBotany62(3):244-253.

Winkler,Daniel2008YarsaGunbu(Cordycepssinensis)andtheFungalCommodificationoftheRuralEconomyinNepal,EconomicBotany62(3):291–305

Week12April7ContinuedSOCIALANDECOLOGICALRELATIONSHIPS- economic,recreational,andspiritualvaluesconnectedwithfungiRequiredReadingMycophilia:“Shrooms”Shroom:“RipplesandWaves”ElectronicArticles:Lincoff,Gary2011Psilocybin–ItsUseandMeaning,Fungi4(3):20-23,50Beug,MichaelW.

2011TheGenusPsilocybeinNorthAmerica,Fungi4(3):6-17

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2011Psilocybin–History,PersonalStoriesandPotentialFuture,Fungi4(3):31-40Rose,David

2011PsilocybeandPsychedelics;Or,TimothyLearyinBaltimore,Fungi4(3):24-30

Week13April14ContinuedSOCIALANDECOLOGICALRELATIONSHIPSStudents receive instructions for the assignment “Ethnomycological Autobiography,ReflectedUponandUpdated,”alsopostedonBlackboard-economic,recreational,andspiritualvaluesconnectedwithfungiRequiredReadingShroom:“RipplesandWaves,”and“UndergroundOverground”ElectronicArticles:Guzman,Gaston

2008HallucinogenicmushroomsinMexico:anoverview.EconomicBotany62(3):404-412.Saar,Maret

1991EthnomycologicalDatafromSiberiaandNortheastAsiaontheEffectofAmanitamuscaria,JournalofEthnopharmacology31:157-173.

Week14April21Studentsreceivequestionsforthetake-homefinalexamonApril21CLOSETOHOME-mushroominginourregion(s),changingperspectives,emergingusesRequiredReadingMycophilia:“TheSuperorganism”Shroom:“TheElf-ClownsofHyperspace,”“MuckandBrass,”and“Epilogue:LoveonaPuffball”RequiredReadingElectronicArticles:Benjamin,Dennis

2011ShouldtheHarvestingandSellingofWildMushroomsBeRegulated?Fungi4(2):41-43.

Blanchette,RobertA.,Renner,CarolineC.,Held,BenjaminW.,Enoch,CarrieandSarahAngstman 2002ThecurrentuseofPhellinusigniariusbytheEskimosofWestern Alaska,Mycologist16:142-145.Pleninger,DianeB

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2009Iqmiq;TroubledChildofPhellinusandNicotiana,Fungi2(2):2-6,4748Yamin-Pasternak,Sveta

2013TheUnconditionallyLovedConditionalEdiblesorHowtoRuinaMorel,Fungi(6)1:12-162008ADaythatFeedstheYear:EthnographyofMushroomingintheRussianArctic,Fungi2(2)49-572007AnEthnomycologicalApproachtoLandUseValuesinChukotka,EtudesIntuitStudies31(1-2):121-141

FinalExamMeetingApril28Completed Final Exam, together with Ethnomycological Autobiography, ReflectedUponandUpdatedisdueatthestartoftheFinalMeeting5:45-7:45p.m.WRAPPINGUPTHECOURSE-reflectionsandanticipationfortheforagingseasonCongratulationsoncompletingthesemester.Haveawonderfulsummerandhappyforaging!