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Collection Profile for:
U.S. National Fungus Collections (BPI)

The USDA-ARS U.S. National Fungus Collections (BPI) currently houses approximately one million reference specimens. Data associated with over 950,000 specimens have been computerized and are available on-line. In addition reports of fungi on plants provide a comprehensive account of the host range and geographic distribution of fungi on plants throughout the world. Data are continuously added to the databases from herbarium specimens and newly published fungus-host distributions and disease reports. Additional databases contain taxonomic literature references and accurate scientific names of plant pathogenic fungi.

Contacts:

  • Director and Curator: Lisa Castlebury, lisa.castlebury@usda.gov
  • Collections Coordinator: Shannon Dominick, shannon.dominick@usda.gov

Address:

U.S. National Fungus Collections
Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory, USDA-ARS
10300 Baltimore Ave
Bldg 010A, Rm 229
Beltsville, MD   20705
US

Collection Statistics

  • 962,135 specimen records
  • 429,599 (45%) georeferenced
  • 170,908 (18%) with images (215,256 total images)
  • 970 GenBank genetic references
  • 709,166 (74%) identified to species
  • 737 families
  • 4,585 genera
  • 49,143 species
  • 50,690 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 13 June 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: IPT/DwC-A Provider Import-2023-09-06
Usage Rights:
Rights Holder: Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Amerodothis (11)
  • Aplosporella (182)
  • Ascochyta (15)
  • Ascochytulina (5)
  • Auerswaldiella (2)
  • Botryodiplodia (185)
  • Botryosphaeria (867)
  • Botryosphaerostroma (4)
  • Camarosporium (322)
  • Carlia (9)
  • Desmotascus (3)
  • Dichomera (28)
  • Didymosporium (1)
  • Diplodia (2266)
  • Dothiopsis (1)
  • Dothiorella (464)
  • Endomelanconiopsis (3)
  • Epiphyma (10)
  • Exosporina (2)
  • Fusicoccum (40)
  • Gibberella (246)
  • Glomerella (507)
  • Guignardia (717)
  • Lasiodiplodia (16)
  • Lasmeniella (3)
  • Leptasteromella (1)
  • Leptodothiorella (12)
  • Macrophoma (432)
  • Macrophomella (3)
  • Macrophomina (209)
  • Macrophomopsis (6)
  • Macrophyllosticta (4)
  • Macroplodia (10)
  • Melanops (176)
  • Metadiplodia (1)
  • Microbotryodiplodia (5)
  • Microdiplodia (145)
  • Myriocarpa (3)
  • Myxofusicoccum (6)
  • Neodeightonia (1)
  • Neosphaeropsis (2)
  • Neottiospora (1)
  • Nitschkia (2)
  • Otthia (86)
  • Otthiella (21)
  • Phaeobotryon (2)
  • Phaeobotryosphaeria (11)
  • Phoma (5)
  • Phomopsis (702)
  • Phyllachora (3)
  • Phyllosticta (4316)
  • Phyllostictina (488)
  • Physalospora (5)
  • Plectophomella (3)
  • Pleosphaeropsis (2)
  • Pleurophoma (2)
  • Podosporiella (2)
  • Podosporium (11)
  • Rosenscheldia (1)
  • Septorioides (1)
  • Sphaerella (43)
  • Sphaeropsis (1356)
  • Stenocarpella (1)
  • Thuemenia (1)
  • Thyridaria (19)
  • Thyrostroma (42)
  • Thyrostromella (7)
  • Tiarosporella (3)
  • Traversoa (4)
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