Dr Beata Krzewicka
Associate Professor
Research interests
- Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of lichenized fungi, focusing research interests on mountain and arctic-alpine species.
- Taxonomy, phylogenesis, ecology and nomenclature of pyrenocarpous lichens with particular emphasis on the Verrucariaceae family.
- Biogeography of lichens of the genus Umbilicaria.
- Interactions of lichens in aquatic ecosystems.
- Diversity and distribution of Polish lichens, with particular emphasis on extreme habitats.
Recent publications (selected)
Abu Bakar N., Lau B.Y.C., González-Aravena M., Smykla J., Krzewicka B., Karsani S.A., Alias S.A. 2024. Geographical diversity of proteomic responses to cold stress in the fungal genus Pseudogymnoascus. Microbial Ecology 87: 11. DOI
Fałtynowicz W., Czarnota P., Krzewicka B., Wilk K., Jabłońska A., Oset M., Ossowska E.A., Śliwa L., Kukwa M. 2024. Lichens of Poland. A fifth annotated checklist. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. DOI
Krzewicka B., Parnikoza I., Ivanets V., Yevchun H., Smykla J. 2024. Diversity and distribution of the lichen genus Umbilicaria in the Argentine Islands–Kyiv Peninsula region, the maritime Antarctic. Scientifc Reports 14: 17310. DOI
Kossowska M., Krzewicka B., Kościelniak R., Kukwa M., Kowalewska A., Szymczyk R., Smoczyk M., Markiewicz K., Adamski M. 2022. Materiały do rozmieszczenia porostów i grzybów naporostowych Polski, 2. Wiadomości Botaniczne 66: 661. DOI
Krzewicka B., Adamska E., Szymczyk R., Kukwa M., Czyżewska K. 2022. Sekcja Lichenologiczna (1983). In: A. Mostowska, A. Rostański, A. Mikuła (eds.). Polskie Towarzystwo Botaniczne w setną rocznicę powstania (1922–2022). Polskie Towarzystwo Botaniczne, Wydawnictwo Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, Warszawa: 514–525. DOI
Krzewicka B., Matura N., Adamska E., Osyczka P. 2020. Species composition of freshwater lichens in temperate mountain streams: the effect of site, habitat and local spatial isolation. Preslia 92: 235–254. DOI
Owczarek-Kościelniak M., Krzewicka B., Piątek J., Kołodziejczyk Ł.M., Kapusta P. 2020. Is there a link between the biological colonization of the gravestone and its deterioration? International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 148: 104879. DOI
Maciejowski W., Osyczka P., Smykla J., Ziaja W., Ostafin K., Krzewicka B. 2018. Diversity and distribution of lichens in recently deglaciated areas of south-eastern Spitsbergen. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 87: 3596. DOI
Schiefelbein U., von Brackel W., Cezanne R., Eichler M., Krzewicka B., Neumann P., Schultz M., Dolnik C. 2018. Additional interesting records of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi from Northern Germany. Herzogia 31: 114–132. DOI
Krzewicka B., Smykla J., Galas J., Śliwa L. 2017. Freshwater lichens and habitat zonation of mountain streams. Limnologica 63: 1–10. DOI