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Pinus × rhaetica is holoarctic species, which represents mixed morphological features from both P. uncinata and P. mugo. It is a typical species living in peat−bogs in highlands and it is endangered by drainage and the decline of its natural area. By now, the greatest population of peat−bog pine is living in the Wielkie Torfowisko Batorowskie peat−bog, but its health condition is alarming. In Poland P. × rhaetica is placed on the red list of plants and fungi as an endangered species, with a high risk of extinction in the wild. In order to preserve the genetic potential of the population, the national park has taken active protective measures, establishing a conservative nursery. The aim of this study was to determine the potential role of fungi growing on needles of peat−bog pine in health condition. The study was carried out in three conservative pine nurseries in the Góry Stołowe National Park (SW Poland). Needles and dead wood of peat−bog pine were collected in July 2016. Material was decontaminated in 1% surfactant solution of sodium hypochlorite. The next step was the liner of about 0.5 cm pieces of needles of 6 Petri dishes with solidified, acidified PDA medium (agar−potato glucose). The dominant microscopic fungi inhabiting needles are Lophodermium pinastri, isolated from all of the plots, and Truncatella hartigii, which was observed only on Wielkie Torfowisko Batorowskie peat−bog (tab. 1). A much greater diversity of species of fungi characterized that peat−bog (tab. 2).