This community service activity aims to optimize the use of information and communication technology (ICT)-based learning media through campus teaching programs to improve the quality of education in remote areas. The method of implementing this service is with training which includes the stages of preparation, implementation, and evaluation of results through filling out questionnaires by teachers and students. This service partner is SMAN 1 Malingping as one of the remote school areas in Lebak district. The results of this dedication show that partners, namely teachers and students, feel the positive impact of using ICT application-based learning media in the classroom. Teachers' skills in implementing ICT-based learning media and students' motivation to learn increases. In addition, teachers have succeeded in overcoming various challenges in the learning process by optimizing the use of ICT-based learning media.

As a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, teaching activity for pre-service teachers enrolled in the second year of a teacher education program from mid-March of 2020−2021 at the Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa were changed in a remote learning setting. This study's objective was to investigate pre-service students' perceptions and personal experience toward the transition of General microbiology lecture to online learning during the global COVID-19 pandemic. The results described the efforts and adaptation to an online teaching model of the General Microbiology course using both online synchronous and asynchronous learning. The perspectives of the Pre-Service Teacher about this strategy were analyzed and showed positive responses. Despite some challenges, they could adapt to the new learning methods. In addition, the study also provided an analysis of faculty readiness and experiences through a process that can use as a foundation to tackle the pandemic situation in the future.This is an open access article under the CC-BY-SA license.

Mushrooms have been consumed as food. Rich in nutrition and as serve an extraordinary benefaction to agricultural biodiversity, fostering local food security and economic sustainability in the community. This review thus gathers the existing literature on edible mushrooms reported from Indonesia. The information offers a thorough and up-to-date overview of the potential and valuable nutritional sources of wild edible mushrooms reported from Indonesia. Furthermore, it identifies research gaps to encourage further investigation and development of edible mushrooms reported from Indonesia. The information will undoubtedly act as a catalyst for advancement in both science and the economy.

Wild edible mushrooms diversity utilized by the community in Gunung Tukung Gede (GTG) nature reserves were observed and documented. The exploration was carried out during September 2018 – June 2019 to collect wild mushrooms and gather information on utilizing wild edible mushrooms by interviewing the indigenous community. About 75 local people who live in Sukatani, Pasilaja, and Cimacan village in GTG nature reserves participated and gave information on utilizing wild mushrooms. The reported edible mushrooms were: Auricularia polytricha, Coprinus sp., Termitomyces albuminosus, T. eurhizus, Boletus edulis, Cantharellus cibarius, Marasmiellus sp., Mycea sp., Pleurotus sp., Volvariella volvacea, Lentinus sajor-caju, Psathyrella sp., Oudemansiella sp., Schizophyllum commune, and Scleroderma sinnamariense. The outcome will contribute information to preserve biodiversity and ecosystems in GTG nature reserves and potential edible mushroom to be used for improving food security. Bangladesh J. Bot. 51(3): 625-629, 2022 (September)

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