List of fungi by conservation status

  •   Extinct in the wild (EW): 0 species
  •   Critically endangered (CR): 48 species
  •   Endangered (EN): 136 species
  •   Vulnerable (VU): 234 species
  •   Near threatened (NT): 110 species
  •   Least concern (LC): 521 species
  •   Data deficient (DD): 292 species
Fungus species (IUCN, 2025-2)
  • 1,341 extant species have been evaluated
  • 1,049 of those are fully assessed
  • 631 are not threatened at present
  • 418 to 710 are threatened
  • 0 are extinct or extinct in the wild.

As of December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has evaluated the conservation status of 280 fungus species.

Previously in the 2017-3 release, the IUCN evaluated the conservation status of 56 fungus species. 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, the New Zealand Threat Classification System listed 1512 species and 39 subspecies of New Zealand fungi, with 65 species considered Threatened.

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