This document provides an overview of the BIO361 Mycology course. The course examines the structures, physiology, nutrition, metabolism, reproduction, and dispersal of fungi. It justifies fungi as their own kingdom and describes their growth, genetic variation, and ability to tolerate extreme environments. The course objectives are to understand fungal taxonomy, life cycles, physiological processes, genetic systems, and importance. Lectures, practical sessions, assignments, tests, and an exam assess students on the topics of fungal morphology, specialized structures, differentiation, nutrition, metabolism, growth, reproduction, genetic systems, and spore dispersal.