Grzegorz Worobiechttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2916-9905,^1,* Elżbieta Worobiechttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5997-9602,^1,** Marek Widerahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5092-2845,^2,*** Barbara Słodkowskahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3760-4935<sup>3,****

1</sup>W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
²Institute of Geology, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
³Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Warszawa, Poland

^*Grzegorz Worobiec is a researcher at the Palaeobotany and Palaeoenvironment Group, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. His research focuses on the taxonomy and palaeoecology of fossil fungi. In addition, he is interested in the palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of ancient wetland vegetation.
^**Elżbieta Worobiec is a researcher of the Palaeobotany and Palaeoenvironment Group of the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. Her research focuses mainly on the palynological analysis of Upper Cretaceous, Paleogene and Neogene strata as well as the reconstruction of ancient vegetation and palaeoclimate based on fossil spore–pollen assemblages. She is also interested in freshwater organic-walled algal microfossils (mainly Zygnemataceae and desmids) from Neogene deposits and reconstruction of the palaeoenvironment.
^***Marek Widera is a researcher at the Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University, in Poznań. He is interested in the geology of lignite deposits of Paleogene–Neogene age, including lithostratigraphical, palaeotectonic, palaeogeographical and sedimentological studies. In addition, he investigates the origin of lignite seams, their deformations and siliciclastic partings in the context of mining and the industrial use of lignite.
^****Barbara Słodkowska is a researcher at the Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Warszawa. Her research focuses mainly on palynological studies (pollen and phytoplankton analysis) of Paleogene and Neogene strata as well as the reconstruction of ancient vegetation and palaeoclimate based on fossil spore–pollen assemblages.