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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
  • Actinonemella (6)
  • Amarenomyces (1)
  • Ambarignomonia (3)
  • Amphicytostroma (8)
  • Amphiporthe (13)
  • Apiognomonia (52)
  • Apioplagiostoma (3)
  • Ascochyta (261)
  • Asteroma (52)
  • Ceuthocarpon (13)
  • Chalcosphaeria (3)
  • Chondroplea (7)
  • Cryptoderis (6)
  • Cryptodiaporthe (12)
  • Cryptospora (8)
  • Cryptosporella (136)
  • Davisiella (9)
  • Depazea (107)
  • Didymella (1)
  • Diplodina (241)
  • Diploplenodomopsis (1)
  • Discosporina (3)
  • Discosporium (6)
  • Discula (144)
  • Disculina (15)
  • Ditopella (76)
  • Dothidella (3)
  • Fioriella (1)
  • Gloeosporidina (1)
  • Gloeosporidium (44)
  • Gloeosporium (323)
  • Gnomonia (1078)
  • Gnomoniella (352)
  • Greeneria (4)
  • Guignardia (1)
  • Herpotrichia (15)
  • Heteropatella (15)
  • Hypospila (14)
  • Hypospilina (5)
  • Labrella (3)
  • Laestadia (645)
  • Leptosphaeria (48)
  • Leptothyrium (1)
  • Lichenodiplis (1)
  • Ligniella (1)
  • Lophodermium (8)
  • Macrophoma (158)
  • Mycosphaerella (70)
  • Occultocarpon (3)
  • Ophiodothella (5)
  • Ophiovalsa (5)
  • Paradiscula (3)
  • Phaeosphaeria (84)
  • Phoma (1847)
  • Phomachora (2)
  • Phomatospora (55)
  • Phomopsis (9)
  • Phyllachora (21)
  • Phyllocelis (7)
  • Phyllosticta (44)
  • Piggotia (2)
  • Pirostoma (38)
  • Plagiostoma (35)
  • Plagiostomella (2)
  • Pleuroceras (42)
  • Pyrenochaeta (36)
  • Schizothyrium (8)
  • Sclerotiopsis (38)
  • Septomyxa (92)
  • Septoria (502)
  • Sillia (45)
  • Sirococcus (40)
  • Sphaeria (2)
  • Stagonospora (70)
  • Stagonosporopsis (10)
  • Stegophora (6)
  • Strasseria (1)
  • Titaeosporina (17)
  • Valsa (231)
  • Venturia (1)
  • Winterella (2)
  • Wuestneia (10)
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