In New Zealand, Landcare Research has declared the species as indigenous but non-endemic because C. praecipuus is also present in Australia.

[5] In 2021, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea reported this species was found on the island of Daecheongdo which is 210 km northwest from land in the Yellow Sea.

The forests in which C. praecipuus is found in Korea are primarily made up of Carpinus turczaninoxii, Camellia japonica and Quercus sp.

[6] Fruiting season: Autumn (May in New Zealand, September in Korea[2]) and on occasion after spells of warm rains.

Fruiting occurs only at certain times per year to disperse basidiospores; otherwise the majority of the organism remains generally out of sight within its substrate.