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Article

Diversity of Slime Moulds (Eumycetozoa) in Three Forest Nature Reserves of the Knyszyn Forest, Poland

by
Tomasz Pawłowicz
1,*,
Tomasz Oszako
2,
Igor Żebrowski
1,
Gabriel Kacper Malej
1,
Oliwia Kudrycka
1,
Amelia Kieczka
1 and
Roberto Faedda
3,*
1
Institute of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Bialystok University of Technology, Ul. Wiejska 45E, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland
2
Forest Research Institute, Forest Protection Department, Ul. Braci Leśnej 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
3
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Forests 2026, 17(7), 757; https://doi.org/10.3390/f17070757
Submission received: 20 May 2026 / Revised: 22 June 2026 / Accepted: 24 June 2026 / Published: 27 June 2026
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Species Diversity and Habitat Conservation in Forest)
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Abstract

The Knyszyn Forest is one of the major lowland forest complexes of north-eastern Poland, yet its myxobiota remains insufficiently documented. We surveyed Eumycetozoa in three forest nature reserves—Krzemianka, Jałówka, and Las Cieliczański—to assess local species richness, substrate occurrence, and new distributional records. Field surveys were combined with moist-chamber cultures, and species were identified from mature sporocarps using macro- and microscopic morphology. The inventory yielded 761 occurrence records representing 80 identified taxa. Moist-chamber cultures produced more records and species than field collection, while field surveys detected taxa fruiting naturally during the study period; together, both methods produced a more complete inventory than either method alone. Three species, Paradiacheopsis solitaria, Macbrideola rutilipedata, and Licea operculata, were recorded for the first time in Poland; these national novelties were included among the 14 taxa recorded for the first time in north-eastern Poland. Most records came from dead wood and bark, although other dead organic substrates also contributed to the recorded substrate spectrum. The resulting dataset provides a regional baseline for future biodiversity surveys in the Knyszyn Forest.
Keywords: Myxomycetes; Myxogastria; biodiversity inventory; forest reserves; moist-chamber culture; Knyszyn Forest; north-eastern Poland Myxomycetes; Myxogastria; biodiversity inventory; forest reserves; moist-chamber culture; Knyszyn Forest; north-eastern Poland

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Pawłowicz, T.; Oszako, T.; Żebrowski, I.; Malej, G.K.; Kudrycka, O.; Kieczka, A.; Faedda, R. Diversity of Slime Moulds (Eumycetozoa) in Three Forest Nature Reserves of the Knyszyn Forest, Poland. Forests 2026, 17, 757. https://doi.org/10.3390/f17070757

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Pawłowicz T, Oszako T, Żebrowski I, Malej GK, Kudrycka O, Kieczka A, Faedda R. Diversity of Slime Moulds (Eumycetozoa) in Three Forest Nature Reserves of the Knyszyn Forest, Poland. Forests. 2026; 17(7):757. https://doi.org/10.3390/f17070757

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Pawłowicz, Tomasz, Tomasz Oszako, Igor Żebrowski, Gabriel Kacper Malej, Oliwia Kudrycka, Amelia Kieczka, and Roberto Faedda. 2026. "Diversity of Slime Moulds (Eumycetozoa) in Three Forest Nature Reserves of the Knyszyn Forest, Poland" Forests 17, no. 7: 757. https://doi.org/10.3390/f17070757

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Pawłowicz, T., Oszako, T., Żebrowski, I., Malej, G. K., Kudrycka, O., Kieczka, A., & Faedda, R. (2026). Diversity of Slime Moulds (Eumycetozoa) in Three Forest Nature Reserves of the Knyszyn Forest, Poland. Forests, 17(7), 757. https://doi.org/10.3390/f17070757

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