Cercidospora punctillata grows on various lichens, most commonly Solorina crocea and species of Peltigera.

while Cercidospora decolorella grows on mosses.

[2] Cercidospora stereocaulorum has been reported from Alaska,[2] Canada,[2] Greenland,[2] Iceland,[3] Russia,[2] including Wrangel Island[2] and Svalbard.

[2] It grows on phyllocladia, stems and occasionally cephalodia and old apothecia of its host species.

It can induce gall-like swellings up to 1.5 mm in diamerter and the infected host tissues can become pinkish or slightly bleached.