handsome fungus beetle

Family Endomychidae (handsome fungus beetles) Shiny, usually brightly colored; feed on fungi (mold); about 600 species; mostly in tropical forests; examples Endomychus, Mycetaea. Family Erotylidae (pleasing fungus beetles) Shiny; found with fungi; more than 3,500 species; many in South America.

The Endomychidae (handsome fungus beetles) often have enlarged, rounded elytra. The Erotylidae (pleasing fungus beetles) are usually slender, smooth, and shiny, as are the Languriidae.