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mgr Michał Gorczak

Scientific interests

  • Entomopathogenic fungi and other related with arthropods
  • Laboulbeniomycetes
  • Fungi diversity in protected areas in Poland

Research projects

  • „Filogenetyczna klasyfikacja Laboulbeniales na
    tle innych grzybów owadobójczych” grant MNiSW nr. DI2014012344.
  • Intrafaculty grants of Faculty of Biology DSM UW 2017-2019.

Internships

  • 04.10.2016 – 04.01.2017 – Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. POWER programme 2014-2020 internship.

Societies memberships and functions

  • Polish Mycological Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Mykologiczne) – member

Publications

2024

Gorczak, Michał; Domian, Grażyna; Konik, Judyta; Kudławiec, Barbara; Kujawa, Anna; Leski, Tomasz; Lożek, Marcin; Naser, Grażyna; Pawłowska, Julia; Stasińska, Małgorzata; Stokłosa, Natalia; Wrzosek, Marta

Mycological records by Fungal Diversity and Conservation Section of the Polish Mycological Society. Part 4. Journal Article

In: Przegląd Przyrodniczy, vol. XXXV, iss. 1, pp. 3-50, 2024.

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2021

P.W., Crous; D.A., Cowan; G., Maggs-Kölling; N., Yilmaz; R., Thangavel; M.J., Wingfield; M.E., Noordeloos; B., Dima; T.E., Brandrud; G.M., Jansen; O.V., Morozova; J., Vila; R.G., Shivas; Y.P., Tan; S., Bishop-Hurley; E., Lacey; T.S., Marney; E., Larsson; G., Le Floch; L., Lombard; P., Nodet; V., Hubka; P., Alvarado; A., Berraf-Tebbal; J.D., Reyes; G., Delgado; A., Eichmeier; J.B., Jordal; A.V., Kachalkin; A., Kubátová; J.G., Maciá-Vicente; E.F., Malysheva; V., Papp; K.C., Rajeshkumar; A., Sharma; M., Spetik; D., Szabóová; M.A., Tomashevskaya; J.A., Abad; Z.G., Abad; A.V., Alexandrova; G., Anand; F., Arenas; N., Ashtekar; S., Balashov; Á., Bañares; R., Baroncelli; I., Bera; A.Yu., Biketova; C.L., Blomquist; T., Boekhout; D., Boertmann; T.M., Bulyonkova; T.I., Burgess; A.J., Carnegie; J.F., Cobo-Diaz; G., Corriol; J.H., Cunnington; da Cruz M.O.,; U., Damm; N., Davoodian; de A. Santiago A.L.C.M.,; J., Dearnaley; de Freitas L.W.S.,; K., Dhileepan; R., Dimitrov; S., Di Piazza; S., Fatima; F., Fuljer; H., Galera; A., Ghosh; A., Giraldo; (...), Glushakova A. M.; M., Gorczak; D.E., Gouliamova; D., Gramaje; M., Groenewald; C.K., Gunsch; A., Gutiérrez; D., Holdom; J., Houbraken; A.B., Ismailov; Ł., Istel; T., Iturriaga; M., Jeppson; Ž., Jurjević; L.B., Kalinina; V.I., Kapitonov; I., Kautmanova; A.N., Khalid; M., Kiran; L., Kiss; Á., Kovács; D., Kurose; I., Kusan; S., Lad; T., Læssøe; H.B., Lee; J.J., Luangsa-ard; M., Lynch; A.E., Mahamedi; V.F., Malysheva; A., Mateos; N., Matočec; A., Mešić; A.N., Miller; S., Mongkolsamrit; G., Moreno; A., Morte; R., Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa; A., Naseer; A., Navarro-Ródenas; T.T.T., Nguyen; W., Noisripoom; J.E., Ntandu; J., Nuytinck; V., Ostrý; T.A., Pankratov; J., Pawłowska; J., Pecenka; T.H.G., Pham; A., Polhorský; A., Posta; D.B., Raudabaugh; K., Reschke; A., Rodríguez; M., Romero; S., Rooney-Latham; J., Roux; M., Sandoval-Denis; M.Th., Smith; T.V., Steinrucken; T.Y., Svetasheva; Z., Tkalčec; van der Linde E.J.,; v.d. Vegte M.,; J., Vauras; A., Verbeken; C.M., Visagie; J.S., Vitelli; S.V., Volobuev; A., Weill; M., Wrzosek; I.V., Zmitrovich; E.A., Zvyagina; J.Z., Groenewald

Fungal Planet description sheets: 1182–1283 Journal Article

In: Persoonia, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 313-528, 2021.

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Gorczak, Michał; Trigos-Peral, Gema

Solving a long-standing enigma: Myrmicinosporidium durum belongs to Blastocladiomycota, a phylum of primarily aquatic fungi Journal Article

In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, pp. 107640, 2021, ISSN: 0022-2011.

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Gorczak, Michał; Siedlecki, Igor; Błocka, Zuzanna; Cullen, Maria; Daniele, Inita; Fox, Howard; Harder, Christoffer; Kinnunen, Juha; Kochanowski, Michał; Krisai-Greilhuber, Irmgard; Majchrowska, Maria; Meiere, Diana; Oberhofer, Martina; Schigel, Dmitry; Senn-Irlet, Beatrice; Wiktorowicz, Dorota; Wrzosek, Marta; Pawłowska, Julia

18th Congress of European Mycologists Bioblitz 2019 – Naturalists Contribute to the Knowledge of Mycobiota and Lichenobiota of Białowieża Primeval Forest Journal Article

In: Acta Mycologica, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 55211, 2021.

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Siedlecki, Igor; Gorczak, Michał; Okrasińska, Alicja; Wrzosek, Marta

Chance or Necessity—The Fungi Co−Occurring with Formica polyctena Ants Journal Article

In: Insects, vol. 12, no. 3, 2021.

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Haelewaters, Danny; Gorczak, Michał; Kaishian, Patricia; Kesel, André De; Blackwell, Meredith

Laboulbeniomycetes, enigmatic fungi with a turbulent taxonomic history Book Section

In: Zaragoza, Óscar; Casadevall, Arturo (Ed.): Encyclopedia of mycology, vol. 1, pp. 263–283, Elsevier, 2021, ISBN: 9780323851800.

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2020

PW, Crous; MJ, Wingfield; YH, Chooi; (...),; and, Gorczak M

Fungal Planet description sheets: 1042-1111 Journal Article

In: Persoonia, vol. 44, pp. 301-459, 2020.

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Haelewaters, Danny; Okrasińska, Alicja; Gorczak, Michał; Pfister, Donald H.

Draft Genome Sequence of the Globally Distributed Cockroach-Infecting Fungus Herpomyces periplanetae Strain D. Haelew. 1187d Journal Article

In: Microbiology Resource Announcements, vol. 9, no. 6, 2020.

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Kovač, Marta; Gorczak, Michał; Wrzosek, Marta; Tkaczuk, Cezary; Pernek, Milan

Identification of Entomopathogenic Fungi as Naturally Occurring Enemies of the Invasive Oak Lace Bug, Corythucha arcuata (Say) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) Journal Article

In: Insects, vol. 11, no. 10, 2020, ISSN: 2075-4450.

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2019

Haelewaters, Danny; Kesel, André De; Gorczak, Michał; Bao, Kevin; Gort, Gerrit; Zhao, Serena Y.; Pfister, Donald H.

Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) of the Boston Harbor Islands II (and Other Localities): Species Parasitizing Carabidae, and the Laboulbenia flagellata Species Complex Journal Article

In: Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 25, no. sp9, pp. 110–149, 2019, ISSN: 1092-6194.

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Tischer, Marta; Gorczak, Michał; Bojarski, Błażej; Pawłowska, Julia; Hoffeins, Christel; Hoffeins, Hans Werner; Wrzosek, Marta

New fossils of ascomycetous anamorphic fungi from Baltic amber Journal Article

In: Fungal Biology, vol. 123, no. 11, pp. 804–810, 2019, ISSN: 1878-6146.

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Banasiak, Łukasz; Pietras, Marcin; Wrzosek, Marta; Okrasińska, Alicja; Gorczak, Michał; Kolanowska, Marta; Pawłowska, Julia

Aureoboletus projectellus (Fungi, Boletales) – An American bolete rapidly spreading in Europe as a new model species for studying expansion of macrofungi Journal Article

In: Fungal Ecology, vol. 39, pp. 94 - 99, 2019, ISSN: 1754-5048.

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Haelewaters, Danny; Pfliegler, Walter P; Gorczak, Michał; Pfister, Donald H

Birth of an order: Comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study excludes Herpomyces (Fungi, Laboulbeniomycetes) from Laboulbeniales Journal Article

In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 133, pp. 286 - 301, 2019, ISSN: 1055-7903.

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2018

Haelewaters, Danny; Hiller, Thomas; Gorczak, Michał; Pfister, Donald H

Influence of Elytral Color Pattern, Size, and Sex of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) on Parasite Prevalence and Intensity of Hesperomyces virescens (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) Journal Article

In: Insects, vol. 9, no. 2, 2018, ISSN: 2075-4450.

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2017

Wrzosek, Marta; Motiejūnaitė, Jurga; Kasparavičius, Jonas; Wilk, Mateusz; Mukins, Edgars; Schreiner, Jürgen; Vishnevskiy, Mikhail; Gorczak, Michał; Okrasińska, Alicja; Istel, Łukasz; Pawłowska, Julia

The progressive spread of Aureoboletus projectellus (Fungi, Basidiomycota) in Europe Journal Article

In: Fungal Ecology, vol. 27, pp. 134 - 136, 2017, ISSN: 1754-5048.

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Pawłowska, Julia; Istel, Łukasz; Gorczak, Michał; Galera, Halina; Wrzosek, Marta; Hawksworth, David L

Psychronectria hyperantarctica, gen. nov., comb. nov., epitypification and phylogenetic position of an Antarctic bryophilous ascomycete Journal Article

In: Mycologia, vol. 109, no. 4, pp. 601—607, 2017, ISSN: 0027-5514.

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2016

Gorczak, Michał; Tischer, Marta; Pawłowska, Julia; Wrzosek, Marta

First record of Hesperomyces virescens (Laboulbeniales, Ascomycota) on Harmonia axyridis (Coccinellidae, Coleoptera) in Poland Journal Article

In: Acta Mycologica, vol. 51, no. 1, 2016, ISSN: 2353-074X.

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Wrzosek, Marta; Dubiel, Grzegorz; Gorczak, Michał; Pawłowska, Julia; Tischer, Marta; Bałazy, Stanisław

New insights on the phylogeny and biology of the fungal ant pathogen Aegeritella Journal Article

In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, vol. 133, pp. 1 - 7, 2016, ISSN: 0022-2011.

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Li, Guo Jie; Hyde, Kevin D; Zhao, Rui Lin; Hongsanan, Sinang; Abdel-Aziz, Faten Awad; Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A; Alvarado, Pablo; Alves-Silva, Genivaldo; Ammirati, Joseph F; Ariyawansa, Hiran A; Baghela, Abhishek; Bahkali, Ali Hassan; Beug, Michael; Bhat, Jayarama D; Bojantchev, Dimitar; Boonpratuang, Thitiya; Bulgakov, Timur S; Camporesi, Erio; Boro, Marcela C; Ceska, Oldriska; Chakraborty, Dyutiparna; Chen, Jia Jia; Chethana, Thilini K W; Chomnunti, Putarak; Consiglio, Giovanni; Cui, Bao Kai; Dai, Dong Qin; Dai, Yu Cheng; Daranagama, Dinushani A; Das, Kanad; Dayarathne, Monika C; Crop, Eske De; Oliveira, Rafael J V De; de Souza, Carlos Alberto Fragoso; de Souza, José I; Dentinger, Bryn T M; Dissanayake, Asha J; Doilom, Mingkwan; Drechsler-Santos, Ricardo E; Ghobad-Nejhad, Masoomeh; Gilmore, Sean P; Góes-Neto, Aristóteles; Gorczak, Michał; Haitjema, Charles H; Hapuarachchi, Kalani Kanchana; Hashimoto, Akira; He, Mao Qiang; Henske, John K; Hirayama, Kazuyuki; Iribarren, Maria J; Jayasiri, Subashini C; Jayawardena, Ruvishika S; Jeon, Sun Jeong; Jerônimo, Gustavo H; Jesus, Ana L; Jones, Gareth E B; Kang, Ji Chuan; Karunarathna, Samantha C; Kirk, Paul M; Konta, Sirinapa; Kuhnert, Eric; Langer, Ewald; Lee, Haeng Sub; Lee, Hyang Burm; Li, Wen Jing; Li, Xing Hong; Liimatainen, Kare; Lima, Diogo Xavier; Lin, Chuan Gen; Liu, Jian Kui; Liu, Xings Zhong; Liu, Zuo Yi; Luangsa-ard, Jennifer J; Lücking, Robert; Lumbsch, Thorsten H; Lumyong, Saisamorn; Leaño, Eduardo M; Marano, Agostina V; Matsumura, Misato; McKenzie, Eric H C; Mongkolsamrit, Suchada; Mortimer, Peter E; Nguyen, Thi Thuong Thuong; Niskanen, Tuula; Norphanphoun, Chada; O’Malley, Michelle A; Parnmen, Sittiporn; Pawłowska, Julia; Perera, Rekhani H; Phookamsak, Rungtiwa; Phukhamsakda, Chayanard; Pires-Zottarelli, Carmen L A; Raspé, Olivier; Reck, Mateus A; Rocha, Sarah C O; de Santiago, André L C M A; Senanayake, Indunil C; Setti, Ledo; Shang, Qiu Ju; Singh, Sanjay K; Sir, Esteban B; Solomon, Kevin V; Song, Jie; Srikitikulchai, Prasert; Stadler, Marc; Suetrong, Satinee; Takahashi, Hayato; Takahashi, Takumasa; Tanaka, Kazuaki; Tang, Li Ping; Thambugala, Kasun M; Thanakitpipattana, Donnaya; Theodorou, Michael K; Thongbai, Benjarong; Thummarukcharoen, Tuksaporn; Tian, Qing; Tibpromma, Saowaluck; Verbeken, Annemieke; Vizzini, Alfredo; Vlasák, Josef; Voigt, Kerstin; Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N; Wang, Yong; Weerakoon, Gothamie; Wen, Hua An; Wen, Ting Chi; Wijayawardene, Nalin N; Wongkanoun, Sarunyou; Wrzosek, Marta; Xiao, Yuan Pin; Xu, Jian Chu; Yan, Ji Ye; Yang, Jing; Yang, Shu Da; Hu, Yu; Zhang, Jin Feng; Zhao, Jie; Zhou, Li Wei; Peršoh, Derek; Phillips, Alan J L; Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S N

Fungal diversity notes 253–366: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa Journal Article

In: Fungal Diversity, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 1-237, 2016.

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2015

Haelewaters, Danny; Gorczak, Michał; Pfliegler, Walter P; Tartally, Andrs András; Tischer, Marta; Wrzosek, Marta; Pfister, Donald H

Bringing Laboulbeniales into the 21st century: enhanced techniques for extraction and PCR amplification of DNA from minute ectoparasitic fungi Journal Article

In: IMA Fungus, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 363-372, 2015, ISSN: 2210-6359.

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Wrzosek, Marta; Gorczak, Michał; Okrasińska, Alicja; Istel, Łukasz; Pawłowska, Julia

Czy można spodziewać się zaburzeń mykocenoz w Tucholskim Parku Krajobrazowym w związku z pojawieniem się obcego gatunku borowikowca? Book Chapter

In: Kunz, Mieczysław (Ed.): Stan poznania środowiska przyrodniczego Tucholskiego Parku Krajobrazowego i Rezerwatu Biosfery Bory Tucholskie., pp. 172-176, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Tucholski Park Krajobrazowy, Tuchola, Toruń, 2015.

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2014

Wilk, Mateusz; Pawłowska, Julia; Wrzosek, Marta; Gorczak, Michał; Suska-Malawska, Małgorzata

Colonization of decomposing Sphagnum moss litter by mycorrhizal roots in two types of peatland ecosystems Journal Article

In: Folia Biologica et Oecologica, vol. 10, pp. 113-121, 2014.

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Hyde, Kevin D; Nilsson, Henrik R; Alias, Aisyah S; Ariyawansa, Hiran A; Blair, Jaime E; Cai, Lei; de Cock, Arthur W A M; Dissanayake, Asha J; Glockling, Sally L; Goonasekara, Ishani D; Gorczak, Michał; Hahn, Matthias; Jayawardena, Ruvishika S; van Kan, Jan A L; Laurence, Matthew H; Lévesque, André C; Li, Xinghong; Liu, Jian-Kui; Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S N; Manamgoda, Dimuthu S; Martin, Frank N; McKenzie, Eric H C; McTaggart, Alistair R; Mortimer, Peter E; Nair, Prakash V R; Pawłowska, Julia; Rintoul, Tara L; Shivas, Roger G; Spies, Christoffel F J; Summerell, Brett A; Taylor, Paul W J; Terhem, Razak B; Udayanga, Dhanushka; Vaghefi, Niloofar; Walther, Grit; Wilk, Mateusz; Wrzosek, Marta; Xu, Jian-Chu; Yan, JiYe; Zhou, Nan

One stop shop: backbones trees for important phytopathogenic genera: I (2014) Journal Article

In: Fungal Diversity, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 21-125, 2014, ISSN: 1878-9129.

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