M. Pietras - INSTYTUT DENDROLOGII

Research focus:

I specialize in the ecology and biogeography of fungi associated with woody plants.

My main research interests include symbiotic associations, particularly the dynamics and structure of mycorrhizal fungal communities in forest nurseries and mature stands, as well as the ecological role of fungi in seedling growth and forest regeneration. I also investigate the spread and ecological impact of potentially invasive non-pathogenic fungi, using species distribution models to better understand the mechanisms of biological invasions.

My work also focuses on the biogeography of trees and fungi, especially how their distribution patterns respond to climate and environmental change.

An important part of my academic activity involves science communication, including public outreach and editorial work in both scientific and popular science journals.

Keywords:

Fungal diversity, mycobiota, macrofungi, ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, invasive alien species, IAS, biogeography, forest ecology

Publications

Ambrosio E., Pietras M., Feest A. 2024. Biotic and abiotic factors influencing macrofungal diversity and biomass in Mediterranean forests with a focus on the Porcini group. Dendrobiology 91: 16-31. https://doi.org/10.12657/denbio.091.002
Walas Ł., Tung D.Q., Sękiewicz K., Pietras M., Bravo F., Kozlowski G., Van Sâm H. 2024. Risk assessment of habitat suitability decline for the endangered riparian tree Pterocarya tonkinensis (Juglandaceae): conservation implications. European Journal of Forest Research 143(4): 1057-1068. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10342-024-01679-9
Walas Ł., Pietras M., Mazur M., Romo Á., Tasenkevich L., Didukh Y., Boratyński A. 2023. The perspective of Arctic-Alpine species in southernmost localities: Kalmia procumbens example in the Pyrenees and Carpathians. Plants 12(19): 3399. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12193399.
Dyderski M.K., Mucha J., Pietras M. 2021. ‘Dendrobiology’ – an open-access journal of tree biology and ecology. Dendrobiology 85: 1-2. https://doi.org/10.12657/denbio.085.001
Kujawska M.B., Rudawska M., Stasińska M., Pietras M., Leski T. 2021. Distribution and ecological traits of a rare and threatened fungus Hericium flagellum in Poland with the prediction of its potential occurrence in Europe. Fungal Ecology 50: #101035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2020.101035
Łuczaj Ł., Tongchan K., Xayphakatsa K., Phimmakong K., Radavanh S., Kanyasone V., Pietras M., Karbarz M. 2021. Wild food plants and fungi sold in the markets of Luangprabang, Lao PDR. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 17: #6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-020-00423-y
Pietras M., Kolanowska M., Selosse M.-A. 2021. Quo vadis? Historical distribution and impact of climate change on the worldwide distribution of the Australasian fungus Clathrus archeri (Phallales, Basidiomycota). Mycological Progress 20: 299-231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-021-01669-w
Song Y-G., Walas Ł., Pietras M., Sâm H.V., Yousefzadeh H., Ok T., Farzaliyev V., Worobiec G., Worobiec E., Stachowicz-Rybka R., Kozlowski G., Boratyński A., Boratyńska K., Jasińska A.K. 2021. Past, present and future suitable areas for the relict tree Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Juglandaceae): integrating fossil records, niche modelling, and phylogeography for conservation. European Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-021-01397-6
Dyderski M.K., Chmura D., Dylewski Ł., Horodecki P., Jagodziński A.M., Pietras M., Robakowski P., Woziwoda B. 2020. Biological Flora of the British Isles: Quercus rubra. Journal of Ecology 108: 1199-1225. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13375
Wiatrowska B., Pietras M., Kolanowska M., Danielewicz W. 2020. Current occurrence and potential future climatic niche distribution of the invasive shrub Spiraea tomentosa in its native and non-native ranges. Global Ecology and Conservation 24: #e01226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01226
Banasiak Ł., Pietras M., Wrzosek M., Okrasińska A., Gorczak M., Kolanowska M., Pawłowska J. 2019. Aureoboletus projectellus (Fungi, Boletales) – an American bolete rapidly spreading in Europe as a new model species for studying expansion of macrofungi. Fungal Ecology 39: 94-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2018.12.006
Banasiak Ł., Pietras M., Wrzosek M., Okrasińska A., Gorczak M., Kolanowska M., Pawłowska J. 2019. Aureoboletus Projectellus (Fungi, Boletales) e Occurrence Data, Environmental Layers and Habitat Suitability Models for North America and Europe. Data in Brief 23: #103779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.103779
Kotowski M.A., Pietras M., Łuczaj Ł. 2019. Extreme levels of mycophilia documented in Mazovia, a region of Poland. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 15: #12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-019-0291-6
Pietras M. 2019. First record of North American fungus Rhizopogon pseudoroseolus in Australia and prediction of its occurrence based on climatic niche and symbiotic partner preferences. Mycorrhiza volume 29: 397-401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-019-00899-x.
Pietras M., Kolanowska M. 2019. Predicted potential occurrence of the North American false truffle Rhizopogon salebrosusin Europe. Fungal Ecology 9: 225-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2018.12.002
Pietras M., Litkowiec M., Gołębiewska J. 2018. Current and potential distribution of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus lakei ((Murrill) A.H. Sm. & Thiers) in its invasion range. Mycorrhiza 28: 467-475. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-018-0836-x
Walas Ł., Dering M., Ganatsas P., Pietras M., Pers-Kamczyc E., Iszkuło G. 2018. The present status and potential distribution of relict populations of Aesculus hippocastanum L. in Greece and the diverse infestation by Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimić. Plant Biosystems 152: 1048-1058. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2017.1415991
Gierczyk B., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Pietras M., Gryc M., Czerniawski W., Piątek M. 2017. Coprinopsis rugosomagnispora: a distinct new coprinoid species from Poland (Central Europe). Plant Systematics and Evolution 303: 915-925. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-017-1418-7
Kang J., Kang Y., Ji X., Guo Q., Jacques G., Pietras M., Łuczaj N., Li D., Łuczaj Ł. 2016. Wild food plants and fungi used in the mycophilous Tibetan community of Zhagana (Tewo County, Gansu, China). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12: #21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-016-0094-y
Kasper-Pakosz R., Pietras M., Łuczaj Ł. 2016. Wild and native plants and mushrooms sold in the openair markets of south-eastern Poland. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12: #45. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-016-0117-8
Pietras M., Rudawska M., Iszkuło G., Kujawa A., Leski T. 2016. Distribution and molecular characterization of an alien fungus, Clathrus archeri, in Poland. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 25: 1197-1204. https://doi.org/10.15244/pjoes/61230
Rudawska M., Pietras M., Smutek I., Strzeliński P., Leski T. 2016. Ectomycorrhizal fungal assemblages of Abies alba outside its native range in Poland. Mycorrhiza 26: 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-015-0646-3
Kujawa A., Gierczyk B., Domian G., Wrzosek M., Stasińska M., Szkodzik J., Leski T., Karliński L., Pietras M., Dynowska M., Henel A., Ślusarczyk D., Kubiak D. 2015. Preliminary studies of fungi in the Biebrza National Park. Part IV. Macromycetes – New data and the synthesis. Acta Mycologica 50(2): #1070. https://doi.org/10.5586/am.1070
Łuczaj Ł., Stawarczyk K., Kosiek T., Pietras M., Kujawa A. 2015. Wild food plants and fungi used by Ukrainians in the western part of the Maramureş region in Romania. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 84(3): 339-346. https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.2015.029
Pietras M., Leski T., Rudawska M. 2015. Temporal dynamics of ectomycorrhizal community of pedunculate oak seedlings during the first year of growth in bare−root forest nursery. Sylwan 159(10): 831-838. https://doi.org/10.26202/sylwan.2015025
Pietras M., Rudawska M., Leski T., Karliński L. 2013. Diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungus assemblages on nursery grown European beech seedlings. Annals of Forests Sciences 70: 115-121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-012-0243-y
Kujawa A., Wrzosek M., Domian G., Kędra K., Szkodzik J., Rudawska M., Leski T., Karliński L., Pietras M., Gierczyk B., Dynowska M., Ślusarczyk D., Kałucka I., Ławrynowicz M. 2012. Preliminary studies of fungi in forests and inland dunes of the Biebrza National Park. Part II. Macromycetes. - Acta Mycologica 47(2) 215-240.
Aučina A., Rudawska M., Leski T., Ryliškis D., Pietras M., Riepšas E. 2011. Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities on seedlings and conspecific trees of Pinus mugo grown on the coastal dunes of the Curonian Spit in Lithuania. Mycorrhiza 21: 237-245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-010-0341-3
Leski T., Aučina A., Skridaila A., Pietras M., Riepšas E., Rudawska M. 2010. Ectomycorrhizal community structure of different genotypes of Scots pine under forest nursery conditions. Mycorrhiza 20: 473-481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-010-0298-2
Leski T., Pietras M., Rudawska M. 2010. Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of pedunculate and sessile oak seedlings from bare-root forest nurseries. Mycorrhiza 20: 179-190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-009-0278-6
Leski T., Rudawska M., Aučina A., Skridaila A., Riepšas E., Pietras M. 2009. Influence of pine and oak litter on growth and mycorrhizal community structure of Scots pine seedlings in bare−root nursery conditions. Sylwan 153 (10): 675-683.

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