Laxitextum bicolor grows in Czechoslovakia as a saprophyte predominantly on Fagus sylvatica (60.1% of all findings), rarely on oaks (11.6%) and exceptionally on other hosts; it is known in this country on a total of 14 different tree species. It forms annual carpophores from May to November with the growth maximum in August (29.7% of all findings). Although its altitudinal occurrence in Czechoslovakia is known to be from 150 m to 1250 m above sea level, the majority of localities (49%) are in the hill country belt (200–500 m). In Czechoslovakia, Laxitextum bicolor is known from 106 localities: 40 in Bohemia, 20 in Moravia, 46 in Slovakia.
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