Gyrophaena minima Erichson, 1837

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Hypholoma fasciculare, 11. VI.1992, 15 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis, 11. VI. 1992, 31 spec. ; ditto, on a fallen tree, on carpophores of Crepidotus applanatus, 13. VI.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, floodplain forest, on carpophores of Lentinus tigrinus, 2.VII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Hypholoma fasciculare, 4.VII.1992, 17 spec. ; ditto, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis, 4.VII.1992, 25 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Hypholoma fasciculare, 17.VII.1992, 30 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus, 1.VIII. 1992, 10 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Hypholoma fasciculare, 5.VIII.1992, 15 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Hypholoma fasciculare, 10.VIII.1992, 25 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Pluteus cervinus, 4.IX.1992, 3 spec. ; environs of Korobiv Khutir, highland oak forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Phellinus robustus, 3.VIII.1992, 2 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1).

Bionomics. Obligate mycetobiont, it occurs in carpophores of fungi, sometimes in large clusters. Larvae and imagos feed on mature fungal spores.

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, Eastern Siberia (Schülke & Smetana 2015).