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Sacré Bleu! Cheese enthusiasts are mourning the possible extinction of brie cheese (www.salon.com)

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Countless fans took to social media to share ways they're enjoying brie before the cheese is gone for good

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The fungus originated through artificial selection of P. biforme around 1900, which in turn was a result of artificial selection among P. fuscoglaucum.[8]

In 2024, the French National Centre for Scientific Research warned that the spore-producing ability of albino strains of P. camemberti have declined due to prolonged vegetative reproduction. The Norman cheese industry now struggles to find enough spores to inoculate their cheese with.[10]