Beetles (Coleoptera) associated with the tinder fungus, Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr. (Polyporales: Polyporaceae) in Ukraine
Journal: The Kharkov Entomological Society Gazette
Year: 2023

The tinder fungus Fomes fomentarius is one of the most common species of xylotrophic fungi, found both in natural and anthropogenic biotopes. The fungi have perennial fruiting bodies with dense but not very hard textured ‘tissues’ and are the center of a stable complex of mycetophilous insects, mainly beetles. A study in Ukraine found 110 species of beetles from 26 families on/in carpophores, of which 72 species turned out to be mycetobionts. It was found that, regardless of the location of the