The spores grow profusely under the bark of affected trees or stacked logs.

The characteristics of the stroma, conidiophores and conidia was the basis for placing it in a new genus as Cryptostroma corticale.

[2] Sooty bark disease causes wilting of the crown and dieback of branches.

[6][7] The disease has been found among workers in the paper industry employed to debark, cut and chip maple logs.

The symptoms include breathlessness, fever, night sweats, chills and weight loss.