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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
Fungus species (IUCN, 2019-3)
- 280 extant species have been evaluated
- 258 of those are fully assessed[a]
- 94 are not threatened at present[b]
- 164 to 186 are threatened[c]
- 0 are extinct or extinct in the wild.
- excludes data deficient evaluations.
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]
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This is a complete list of fungus species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN.
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- Extinct: 0 species (0.0%)
- Nationally Critical: 29 species (1.9%)
- Nationally Endangered: 0 species (0.0%)
- Nationally Vulnerable: 0 species (0.0%)
- Serious Decline: 1 species (0.1%)
- Gradual Decline: 10 species (0.7%)
- Sparse: 5 species (0.3%)
- Range Restricted: 0 species (0.0%)
- Data Deficient: 1,447 species (97.0%)
Species of Fungi (NZTCS, 2002)
- 1512 extant species are listed
- 1447 are Data Deficient
- 65 are Threatened
- 49 of those Threatened are Nationally Critical
- 1 of those Threatened are Serious Declime
- 10 of those Threatened are Gradual Decline
- 49 of those Threatened are Acutely Threatened
- 11 of those Threatened are Chronically Threatened
- 5 of those Threatened are At risk
- 0 of those Evaluated are Extinct
Nationally Critical
- Austrogaster novaezelandiae - One Location
- Berggrenia cyclospora - One Location
- Cantharellus elsae - One Location
- Chalciporus aurantiacus
- Chlorovibrissea bicolor - One Location
- Chlorovibrissea melanochlora - One Location
- Chlorovibrissea tasmanica - One Location
- Claustula fischeri K.M. Curtis, 1926 - Fischer’s egg, Data Poor, Stable, Threatened Overseas, One Location
- Colpoma nothofagi
- Cordierites acanthophora - One Location
- Dichomitus newhookii
- Ganoderma sp. “Awaroa” - (Pukatea bracket) Human Induced
- Gomphus dingleyae - One Location
- Gomphus novaezelandiae - One Location
- Gyroporus castaneus - One Location
- Hysterangium youngii - One Location
- Inonotus chondromyelus
- Lactarius maruiaensis - One Location
- Phallobata alba
- Phanerochaete citrina - One Location
- Phanerochaete corymbata - One Location
- Phanerochaete luteoaurantiaca - One Location
- Polyporus septosporus P.K. Buchanan & Ryvarden, 1998 - Septate-spored polypore, Data Poor, Threatened Overseas, One Location
- Puccinia embergeriae McKenzie & P.R. Johnst. ined. - Chatham Island sow thistle rust, Stable, One Location
- Puccinia freycinetiae - One Location
- Ramaria aureorhiza - One Location
- Ramaria avellaneovertex - One Location
- Ramaria basirobusta - One Location
- Ramaria junquilleovertex - One Location
- Ramaria piedmontiana - One Location
- Ramariopsis avellanea - One Location
- Ramariopsis avellaneoinversa - One Location
- Ramariopsis tortuosa - One Location
- Russula inquinata - Data Poor, One Location
- Russula littoralis - One Location
- Russula miniata - Data Poor, One Location
- Russula papakaiensis - Data Poor, One Location
- Russula pleurogena - One Location
- Russula solitaria - Data Poor, One Location
- Russula vivida McNabb, 1973 - Data Poor
- Sarcosoma orientale
- Squamanita squarrulosa - One Location
- Thaxterogaster cartilagineus - One Location
- Undescribed genus of Trichocomaceae - Data Poor
- Uredo chathamica - One Location
- Uredo salicorniae
- Volvariella surrecta - One Location
- Xylaria wellingtonensis - One Location
- Xylaria zealandica - One Location
Serious decline
- Melampsora novaezelandiae
Gradual Decline
- Diaporthe sp. 1 - Conservation Dependent, Human Induced
- Diaporthe sp. 2 - Conservation Dependent, Human Induced
- Glonium sp. - Conservation Dependent, Extreme Fluctuations
- Leucostoma sp. 1 - Conservation Dependent, Human Induced
- Leucostoma sp. 2 - Conservation Dependent, Human Induced
- Pestalotiopsis sp. - Conservation Dependent, Extreme Fluctuations
- Phomopsis sp. - Conservation Dependent, One Location
- Propolis desmoschoeni - Conservation Dependent, Extreme Fluctuations
- Seimatosporium sp. - Conservation Dependent, Extreme Fluctuations
- Truncatella sp. - Conservation Dependent, Extreme Fluctuations
Sparse
- Asterinella intensa
- Lophodermium kaikawakae
- Mycosphaerella sp.
- Patellaria sp.
- Phyllosticta sp. - Extreme Fluctuations
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