[1] It lives only in the pores of the bracket fungus Phellinus conchatus, which grows on Salix caprea,[2] and Phellinus punctatus, which grows on various deciduous trees.

[2] The beetle has been observed in Sweden, Finland, Austria,[2] Norway,[1] and the Czech Republic.

[3] It was first described, along with the whole genus Baranowskiella, in 1997 by Ptiliidae specialist Mikael Sörensson and named after entomologists Rickard Baranowski and Bengt Ehnström.

The beetle has a simple sound producing organ.

It can fly and its diet consists of fungi spores.