The Department of Biology Sciences at the College of Education for Pure Sciences held a training course entitled (Fungi and its laboratory handling), given by Prof. Ban Taha Muhammad and m. A virtuous mirage, the course was delivered electronically through the Google Meet program, where the course took place in the form of two axes, the first: it included the definition of fungi, their phenotypic types, their presence in the environment, methods of obtaining them for the purposes of laboratory study, the method of dealing with them, and how to grow them in the laboratory, and the second axis: including the appropriate media To cultivate fungi in a laboratory and the conditions appropriate for its growth and maintenance for the purposes of scientific experiments, what are the differences in the types of food media and how to control the components of the medium for the purpose of obtaining the different parts of the fungus for the purpose of study or to obtain some of its products or the method of combating or treating it. The aim of the course was to spread the scientific culture of these micro and microscopic organisms and try to benefit from their benefits and to avoid their harm and prevent them. The doctor explained that fungi have many benefits, including: The earth gets rid of waste, plant and animal waste, and corpses, with the help of bacteria due to their production of enzymes, so they break down organic materials into simple substances that are absorbed by plants and thus get rid of organic materials, and they cannot analyze some carbon materials such as: plastic . It recycles organic carbon in nature, and some types of fungi are used as food for humans: such as: truffle, honeydew, mushrooms, and yeast helps in making bread and some medicines that contain vitamin B and are currently used in genetic engineering applications. The antibiotic, penicillin, and the manufacture of some types of cheese.
