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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
  • Catacaumella (32)
  • Clypeostroma (1)
  • Dothidea (676)
  • Euryachora (77)
  • Fenestella (6)
  • Gloeodes (30)
  • Guignardiella (7)
  • Homostegia (13)
  • Hypoderma (18)
  • Linospora (145)
  • Mazzantia (18)
  • Melanospora (11)
  • Microbasidium (3)
  • Monographos (34)
  • Monographus (3)
  • Montagnella (46)
  • Mycosphaerella (6)
  • Omphalospora (9)
  • Ophiodothella (6)
  • Parodiella (270)
  • Pediascus (1)
  • Perischizon (1)
  • Phaeochorella (2)
  • Phaeodothiopsis (9)
  • Phragmodothis (15)
  • Phyllachora (1402)
  • Phyllachorella (10)
  • Placosphaeria (180)
  • Podoplaconema (3)
  • Polystigma (142)
  • Pseudothis (16)
  • Rhopographus (37)
  • Rosenscheldiella (3)
  • Scirrhia (66)
  • Sphaerodothis (3)
  • Sphaeropsis (4)
  • Systremma (38)
  • Telimenella (8)
  • Thyriopsis (1)
  • Trabutia (84)
  • Venturia (11)
  • Vestergrenia (4)
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