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• Title:
  The Known, the Unknown, and the Expected: 130 Years of Research on Non-Lichenized Fungi and Fungus-Like Organisms in the Białowieza Primeval Forest, Poland
• Creator:
  Janik-Superson, Katarzyna;
  Ruszkiewicz-Michalska, Małgorzata;
  Kozłowska, Monika;
  Wilk, Mateusz;
  Mułenko, Wiesław
• Contributor:
  Biobank Lab, Department of Molecular Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Pomorska 139, PL-90-235 Lodz, Poland; Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, PL-90-237 Lodz, Poland;
  Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bukowska 19, PL-60-809 Poznan, Poland; Department of Algology and Mycology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, PL-90-237 Lodz, Poland;
  Department of Botany, Mycology and Ecology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19, PL-20-858 Lublin, Poland;
  Department of Ecology and Environmental Conservation, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 101, PL-02-089 Warsaw, Poland
• Description:
  The history of mycological research and current activities in the Polish part of the Białowieza˙ Primeval Forest are presented. The review of literature-derived and unpublished data on species of non-lichenized fungi and protozoan and chromistan fungal analogues indicates a minimum of 3504 species observed in this area. The gaps in the exploration of fungi: unstudied taxa, plant communities, habitats, hosts, and substrates, as well as the limitations of former studies, are discussed. Our estimates show that a total of 8000 fungal species possibly occur in the Białowieza National Park ˙ alone, and more than 10,000 are expected to be found in the Polish part of the Białowieza Primeval ˙ Forest. Despite more than a centennial history of mycological research, the majority of data come from only a few older scientific projects and several more recent citizen-science-related activities, emphasizing the need for a modern, interdisciplinary study on the diversity and ecology of fungi in this area.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowe;
  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
• Date:
  2021.10.11;
  2021
• Type:
  Article
• Language:
  English
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  MDPI
• Relation:
  Forests;12, 518
• Subject:
  natural forests ecology;
  fungal refuge;
  fungal richness estimates;
  fungus/plant ratio;
  fungal diversity;
  microfungi;
  macrofungi
• Identifier:
  Ruszkiewicz-Michalska, M.; Kozłowska, M.; Wilk, M.; Janik-Superson, K.; Mułenko, W. The Known, the Unknown, and the Expected: 130 Years of Research on Non-Lichenized Fungi and Fungus-Like Organisms in the Białowieza Primeval Forest, Poland. ˙ Forests 2021, 12, 518.;
  1999-4907;
  http://hdl.handle.net/11089/39357 ;
  10.3390/f12050518
• Data provider:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
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• Type:
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