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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
  • Angelina (42)
  • Atropellis (58)
  • Belonopsis (5)
  • Blumeriella (105)
  • Briardia (12)
  • Bulgariastrum (3)
  • Calloria (25)
  • Cenangella (67)
  • Chaetonaevia (2)
  • Chloroscypha (26)
  • Chlorosplenium (446)
  • Chondropodium (4)
  • Corniculariella (1)
  • Cornularia (70)
  • Coronellaria (1)
  • Cryptosporiopsis (17)
  • Dermatea (164)
  • Dermatella (41)
  • Dermateopsis (2)
  • Dermatina (2)
  • Dermea (439)
  • Dibeloniella (1)
  • Diplocarpon (133)
  • Diplonaevia (19)
  • Drepanopeziza (13)
  • Duebenia (10)
  • Durandiella (41)
  • Ephelina (11)
  • Eupropolella (5)
  • Eutypella (47)
  • Excipula (3)
  • Fabraea (278)
  • Gelatinosporium (102)
  • Gloeosporidiella (16)
  • Gloeosporium (2579)
  • Habrostictis (11)
  • Haglundia (3)
  • Hainesia (37)
  • Higginsia (2)
  • Hysteropeziza (7)
  • Hysteropezizella (3)
  • Karschia (2)
  • Labrella (6)
  • Laetinaevia (22)
  • Lagynodella (1)
  • Lemalis (1)
  • Leptotrochila (13)
  • Marssonia (203)
  • Marssonina (1665)
  • Melachroia (18)
  • Merostictis (3)
  • Microgloeum (1)
  • Micropeziza (11)
  • Micula (7)
  • Mollisia (871)
  • Mollisiella (4)
  • Mollisiopsis (2)
  • Monostichella (23)
  • Morrisographium (2)
  • Myxosporium (1)
  • Naemosphaera (13)
  • Naeviella (4)
  • Neofabraea (31)
  • Nimbomollisia (7)
  • Niptera (27)
  • Nothophacidium (7)
  • Obtectodiscus (1)
  • Ocellaria (117)
  • Oncospora (4)
  • Pestalopezia (4)
  • Pezicula (701)
  • Phaeangium (7)
  • Phloeosporella (5)
  • Phlyctema (214)
  • Phragmonaevia (58)
  • Phyllosticta (735)
  • Ploettnerula (1)
  • Podophacidium (9)
  • Pseudopeziza (671)
  • Pyrenopeziza (220)
  • Schizothyrioma (2)
  • Sphaeronaema (1)
  • Tapesia (375)
  • Trichobelonium (27)
  • Trichodiscus (1)
  • Trochila (58)
  • Tryblidiella (43)
  • Tryblidiopsis (45)
  • Tuberculariella (1)
  • Xenodomus (2)
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