“…The number of saprotrophic species found in soil, litter and wood in the Balkan pine stands examined does not differ from the number found in the control plot. Although Pinus peuce products -wood, cones, needles -are rich in resins and resinous substances, and thus -more resistant to fungal decay (Lines 1985;Alexandrov, Andonovski 2011), they are a substrate for relatively high diversity of saprotrophic fungi. Circa half of them are known to grow in association with Pinus peuce in natural sites as well, e.g., Auriscalpium vulgare, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Hypholoma fasciculare, Lycogala epidendrum, Mycena epipterygia, Mycena sanguinolenta, Panellus mitis, Pholiota lenta, Rhodocollybia butyracea (both varieties), Stereum sanguinolentum, and Tapinella atrotomentosa.…”