Gyrophaena affinis Mannerheim, 1830

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary, moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Fistulina hepatica, 29. V.1992, 10 spec. ; ditto, on fallen trees of ash and elm, on old carpophores of Fomes fomentarius, 29. V.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Stereum hirsutum, 31. V.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, fallen tree, on carpophores of Stereum hirsutum, 1. VI. 1992, 1 spec.; ditto, on old carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis, 2. VI.1992, 7 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Mycena sp., 2. VI.1992, 10 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on fallen trees, on old carpophores of Daedalea quercina, 8. VI.1992, 8 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on soil, on young and old carpophores of Coprinus micaceus, 8. VI.1992, 20 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus, 9. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Marasmius oreades, 9. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, in carpophores of Tricholoma populinum, 11. VI.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Inocybe sp., 11. VI.1992, 25 spec. ; ditto, dry ravine forest, on carpophores of Marasmius oreades, 15. VI.1992, 10 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Tricholoma populinum, 17. VI.1992, 30 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Crepidotus applanatus, 17. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Gymnopus dryophilus, 17. VI.1992, 50 spec. ; ditto, on sporophores of Fuligo septica, 17. VI.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, on old and rotten carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis, 23. VI.1992, 7 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Neolentinus schaefferi, 26. VI.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Pluteus cervinus, 4.VII.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Agaricus hydrophilus, 4.VII.1992, 31 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Russula decolorans, 6.VII.1992, 4 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Megacollybia platyphylla, 7.VII.1992, 7 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Marasmius oreades, 9.VII.1992, 7 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Gymnopus dryophilus, 9.VII.1992, 5 spec. ; ditto, dry ravine forest, on carpophores of Amanita rubescens, 16.VII.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Marasmius oreades, 24.VII. 1992, 33 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Lepista flaccida, 24.VII.1992, 35 spec. ; ditto, artificial pine forest, on carpophores of Macrolepiota procera, 28.VII.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on rotten wood on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus, 1.VIII.1992, 30 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Tricholoma terreum, 1.VIII.1992, 5 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Russula cyanoxantha, 1.VIII.1992, 20 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Oxyporus corticola, 22.VIII.1992, 10 spec. ; ditto, dry ravine forest, on carpophores of Russula virescens, 8.VIII.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Neolentinus schaefferi, 8.VIII.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Amanita phalloides, 8.VIII.1992, 13 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Pleurotus cornucopiae, 9.VIII.1992, 4 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Ganoderma applanatum, 16.VIII.1992, 6 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Amanita phalloides, 22.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Phellinus igniarius, 22.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Trametes suaveolens, 24.VIII. 1992, 2 spec. ; environs of Zadonetske, artificial pine forest, on soil on old carpophores of Gymnopus dryophilus, 30. VI.1992, 19 spec.; ditto, on carpophores of Lepista flaccida, 28.VII.1992, 4 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Tapinella panuoides, 23.VIII.1992, 2 spec. ; environs of Korobiv Khutir, highland oak forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Trametes versicolor, 3.VIII.1992, 2 spec.; ditto, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Phellinus robustus, 3.VIII.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Pluteus cervinus, 3.VIII.1992, 6 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1).

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

Distribution. Holarctic Region (Schülke & Smetana 2015).