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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
  • Acrodontium (1)
  • Arcuatospora (1)
  • Ascocodinaea (3)
  • Catenularia (5)
  • Chaetopsis (2)
  • Chaetosphaeria (124)
  • Chloridium (19)
  • Codinaea (9)
  • Conicomyces (1)
  • Dendrophoma (74)
  • Dinemasporiella (1)
  • Dinemasporiopsis (1)
  • Dinemasporium (188)
  • Dischloridium (1)
  • Excipula (1)
  • Exochalara (2)
  • Gonytrichum (38)
  • Lentomita (7)
  • Melanochaeta (1)
  • Melanopsamma (53)
  • Meliola (49)
  • Menispora (31)
  • Mesobotrys (2)
  • Miyoshia (1)
  • Monilochaetes (10)
  • Nitschkia (29)
  • Phaeoisaria (5)
  • Ramichloridium (4)
  • Sphaeria (4)
  • Sporoschisma (57)
  • Stanjehughesia (4)
  • Thozetella (5)
  • Veronaea (2)
  • Wallrothiella (19)
  • Zignoella (95)
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