Mycetophagus multipunctatus

A spotted fungus beetle found in fungi growing on hardwoods. 

• length 4.2-4.5 mm
• antennae not clubbed
• pronotum black to dark reddish brown
• elytra very densely punctured with numerous yellowish brown spots
• Mike Hackston Key to Mycetophagidae

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Associated with fungus in rotting wood and decaying plant material, particularly hardwood trees.

Spring-Autumn.

Widespread but local in England and Wales.

Infrequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.