The type specimen was collected by the first author in the Trebizond vilayet southeast of Uzungöl, at an altitude of 1,300 m (4,300 ft); there, in a dense Picea orientalis forest, it was found growing on the bark of a middle-aged tree.

Bright green to yellowish-grey soralia (groups of reproductive structures) characterise this lichen, initially taking on a punctiform, or point-like shape.

The disc, located at the centre of the apothecium, takes on a shade varying from dark grey-ochre to brown-grey and is flat to slightly convex in structure.

[2] The hymenium, or tissue layer containing the asci (spore-bearing cells), either bears no colour or is bright olive, measuring approximately 40 μm in height.

[2] Biatora pontica is widely distributed in Europe, having been recorded in Austria, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia, and Slovenia.