Xerula is a genus of gilled mushrooms in the family Physalacriaceae.
This genus has been recorded as a favored food of adults of the pleasing fungus beetle Tritoma mimetica,Goodrich, Michael A. and Springer, Charles A. (1999): The Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) of Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 25: 53-71.Fulltext but the mushroom species in question might today be placed in Hymenopellis which contains the favorite food of adult T.mimetica.Goodrich, Michael A. & Skelley, Paul E. (1994): Fungal host records for species of Tritoma (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) of America North of Mexico. Entomol. News 105: 289-294. PDF fulltext
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