Institute

Dr Beata Krzewicka

Associate Professor

Unit
Biodiversity and Evolution Group
E‑mail
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Phone
+4812‑4241‑800
Address
Lubicz 46, 31‑512 Kraków, Poland
Room
B‑412

ORCIDRG

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

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