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The IUCN warns that over 400 fungi species face extinction due to deforestation, pollution, and climate change.

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At least 411 fungi face extinction among the 1,300 varieties whose conservation status is well understood, according to the latest update of the IUCN's authoritative "Red List of Threatened Species".