Substrate and Habitat. Corticolous on acid bark of hardwood and coniferous trees in humid or oceanic habitats.
Distribution. Europe-Macaronesia with disjunct populations in southern South America and eastern North America; in North Carolina found in the Blue Ridge ecoregion.
Literature
James, P.W. (2009) Japewiella Printzen (1999) Pp. 449-450 in Smith, C.W., A. Aptroot, B.J. Coppins, A. Fletcher, O.L. Gilbert, P.W. James & P.A. Wolseley (eds.). The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. The British Lichen Society, London.
Rodriguez-Flakus, P. (2020) Non-saxicolous lecideoid lichens in southern South America. Phytotaxa476(1): 1-73.