Fruiting bodies
Returns
Every piece of graded work in the course, what it is worth, and when it is due.
Marc-André Selosse · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Two pieces of graded work, one filed mid-semester and one at the close. Both ask for the same thing in different amounts: a real biological claim, dated and sourced, read through the diplomatic frame the course has been building week on week.
40%Field Dispatch
A short, individual case study — take one documented fungal partner whose role shifts by host or context, and argue whether "double agent" survives contact with the evidence.
Rajarshi Rit · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
60%The Peace Conference
The capstone — run the semester's own credentials-and-overclaiming audit against a mycorrhizal phenomenon of your choosing, in writing, alone.
Marc-André Selosse · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons