Altitudinal distribution: montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)
Note: a species with corticioid carpophores. Although endoxylic to epixylic colonies of coccaceous green algae can often be detected below or in the neighbourhood of the carpophores, it is unlikely to be lichenised. The hymenium has two main types of cystidia, one with an apical compartment filled with oil, the second with an apical bundle of crystals. On rotting wood of both coniferous and deciduous trees; widespread in Europe and not rare; there are many records from the Alps in all countries, but algal colonies usually are not observed. We do not specify records from the different parts of the Alps, since these are usually present in the literature dealing with Basidiomycetes.
