mgr Igor Siedlecki

@article{https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70333,

title = {Ant's Nest as a microenvironment: Distinct Mucoromycota (Fungi) community of the red wood ants' (Formica polyctena) mounds},

author = {Igor Siedlecki and Michał Kochanowski and Julia Pawłowska and Gabriela Reszotnik and Alicja Okrasińska and Marta Wrzosek},

url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ece3.70333},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70333},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-10-09},

urldate = {2024-10-09},

journal = {Ecology and Evolution},

volume = {14},

number = {10},

pages = {e70333},

abstract = {Abstract Many social insect species build nests, which differ from the surrounding environment and are often occupied by specific organismal communities. These organisms may interact mutualistically or parasitically with the nest-builders, or simply co-occur, being able to survive in these microenvironments. In temperate forests, red wood ants (e.g. Formica polyctena) are known to create distinct, highly developed nests, which consist of large, above-ground mounds, built primarily out of plant matter collected from the forest litter. The microorganismal communities of such mounds remain understudied. As representatives of Mucoromycota fungi commonly engage in the decomposition process of the forest litter, they would be expected to occur in the mounds. However, it is still not known whether the Mucoromycota community of these ants' nests differ from the one of the surrounding forest litter. In order to distinguish mound-associated taxa, we characterized Mucoromycota communities of Formica polyctena mounds and the surrounding forest litter. We sampled four sites, twice in a season. Sampled material was plated on agar media and emerging Mucoromycota colonies were identified based on their morphology. Fungal identification was further confirmed using DNA barcoding. In order to compare described communities, PERMANOVA test and non-metric multidimensional scaling ordinations were used. To distinguish taxa associated with the mounds, multilevel pattern analysis was performed. Our results show that the Mucoromycota community of Formica polyctena's mound differs from the community of the surrounding forest litter. While representatives of Entomortierella lignicola and Absidia cylindrospora clade were found to be associated with the mound environment, representatives of Umbelopsis curvata and Podila verticillata-humilis clade were associated with forest litter, and were rarely present in the mounds. Our findings strongly suggest that the red wood ants' nest is a specific microenvironment in the temperate forest floor, which is a preferred microhabitat for the mound-associated Mucoromycota, possibly adapted to live in proximity to ants.},

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@article{SIEDLECKI2023,

title = {Discovery of Formicomyces microglobosus gen. et sp. nov. strengthens the hypothesis of independent evolution of ant-associated fungi in Trichomeriaceae},

author = {Igor Siedlecki and Marcin Piątek and Maria Majchrowska and Alicja Okrasińska and Magdalena Owczarek-Kościelniak and Julia Pawłowska},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614623001083},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2023.10.005},

issn = {1878-6146},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-10-24},

urldate = {2023-10-24},

journal = {Fungal Biology},

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pubstate = {published},

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@article{Gorczak2021,

title = {18th Congress of European Mycologists Bioblitz 2019 – Naturalists Contribute to the Knowledge of Mycobiota and Lichenobiota of Białowieża Primeval Forest},

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

url = {https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/am/article/view/am.55211/8039},

doi = {DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/am.55211},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-02-25},

urldate = {2021-02-25},

journal = {Acta Mycologica},

volume = {55},

number = {2},

pages = {55211},

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pubstate = {published},

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@article{insects12030204,

title = {Chance or Necessity—The Fungi Co−Occurring with Formica polyctena Ants},

author = {Igor Siedlecki and Michał Gorczak and Alicja Okrasińska and Marta Wrzosek},

url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/3/204},

doi = {10.3390/insects12030204},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-01-01},

urldate = {2021-01-01},

journal = {Insects},

volume = {12},

number = {3},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

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@article{pub.1093155946,

title = {Fungal diversity notes 603–708: taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on genera and species},

author = {Kevin D Hyde and Chada Norphanphoun and Vanessa P Abreu and Anna Bazzicalupo and K W Thilini Chethana and Marco Clericuzio and Monika C Dayarathne and Asha J Dissanayake and Anusha H Ekanayaka and Mao-Qiang He and Sinang Hongsanan and Shi-Ke Huang and Subashini C Jayasiri and Ruvishika S Jayawardena and Anuruddha Karunarathna and Sirinapa Konta and Ivana Kušan and Hyun Lee and Junfu Li and Chuan-Gen Lin and Ning-Guo Liu and Yong-Zhong Lu and Zong-Long Luo and Ishara S Manawasinghe and Ausana Mapook and Rekhani H Perera and Rungtiwa Phookamsak and Chayanard Phukhamsakda and Igor Siedlecki and Adriene Mayra Soares and Danushka S Tennakoon and Qing Tian and Saowaluck Tibpromma and Dhanushka N Wanasinghe and Yuan-Pin Xiao and Jing Yang and Xiang-Yu Zeng and Faten A Abdel-Aziz and Wen-Jing Li and Indunil C Senanayake and Qiu-Ju Shang and Dinushani A Daranagama and Nimali I de Silva and Kasun M Thambugala and Mohamed A Abdel-Wahab and Ali H Bahkali and Mary L Berbee and Saranyaphat Boonmee and Jayarama D Bhat and Timur S Bulgakov and Bart Buyck and Erio Camporesi and Rafael F Castañeda-Ruiz and Putarak Chomnunti and Minkwan Doilom and Francesco Dovana and Tatiana B Gibertoni and Margita Jadan and Rajesh Jeewon and Gareth E B Jones and Ji-Chuan Kang and Samantha C Karunarathna and Young Woon Lim and Jian-Kui Liu and Zuo-Yi Liu and Helio Longoni Plautz and Saisamorn Lumyong and Sajeewa S N Maharachchikumbura and Neven Matočec and Eric H C McKenzie and Armin Mešić and Daniel Miller and Julia Pawłowska and Olinto L Pereira and Itthayakorn Promputtha and Andrea I Romero and Leif Ryvarden and Hong-Yan Su and Satinee Suetrong and Zdenko Tkalčec and Alfredo Vizzini and Ting-Chi Wen and Komsit Wisitrassameewong and Marta Wrzosek and Jian-Chu Xu and Qi Zhao and Rui-Lin Zhao and Peter E Mortimer},

url = {https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1093155946},

doi = {10.1007/s13225-017-0391-3},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

urldate = {2017-01-01},

journal = {Fungal Diversity},

volume = {87},

number = {1},

pages = {1-235},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

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