During a pinewood nematode survey in 2011, a dead pitch pine (Pinus rigida) was found in Daejeon city, Korea. Samples were taken from several regions of the trunk and nematodes were extracted from the wood samples by a modified Baermann funnel method (1). Recovered nematodes were then cultured on
This is the first report of Naemacyclus fimbriatus (Schwein.) DiCosmo, Peredo & Minter (Rhytismatales) on Pinus rigida, and the first observation of this fungus infecting living needles. N. fimbriatus is known to occur on cone scales of P. brucia, P. halepensis, P. nigra, P. resinosa, and P.