List of fungi by conservation status
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As of December 2019[update], the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has evaluated the conservation status of 280 fungus species.[1]
- Extinct in the wild (EW): 0 species
- Critically endangered (CR): 15 species
- Endangered (EN): 59 species
- Vulnerable (VU): 90 species
- Near threatened (NT): 40 species
- Least concern (LC): 54 species
- Data deficient (DD): 22 species
Previously in the 2017-3 release, the IUCN evaluated the conservation status of 56 fungus species.[2] One subspecies, that of Pleurotus nebrodensis, also was evaluated but has since been removed. At the time no subpopulations were evaluated.
As of October 2002[update], the New Zealand Threat Classification System listed 1512 species and 39 subspecies of fungi, with 65 species considered Threatened.[3][4]