Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)
Note: a species of the B. beckhausii-B. globulosa-group with acicular ascospores; on bark of deciduous trees, with a few scattered records from the Alps.