It typically grows on dead attached twigs and branches of birch (Betula species) and has been recorded from Europe, North America, and Japan.

Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has shown that Exidia repanda is part of a complex of species including E. recisa and E. crenata.

[1] Exidia repanda forms reddish brown, gelatinous fruit bodies that are firm and button-shaped, around 3 cm across.

The widespread E. glandulosa has much darker, blackish brown fruit bodies with sparse warts or small, peg-like projections on their surface.

[3] Exidia repanda is a wood-rotting species, typically found on dead attached twigs and branches of birch.