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.
^"IUCN Red List version 2017-3". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 15 December 2017. Search by taxonomy: FUNGI 57 in total
^Hitchmough, Rod, ed. (October 2002). New Zealand Threat Classification System lists(PDF). Threatened species occasional publication. Vol. 23. Wellington, New Zealand: Biodiversity Recovery Unit, Department of Conservation. ISBN978-0-478-22319-4. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^Hitchmough, Rod; Bull, Leigh; Cromarty, Pam, eds. (January 2007). New Zealand Threat Classification System lists 2005(PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Science & Technical Publishing, Department of Conservation. ISBN978-0-478-14128-3. Retrieved 5 February 2018. b Nationally Critical fungi have been reduced by one species because of the removal of a double listing that was included in Hitchmough (comp. 2002). c Data Deficient fungi have been reduced by eight species because of the removal of double listings (these were edited out of the published list in Hitchmough (comp. 2002), but were included in the statistics in Table 1 of that publication)