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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
  • Achorodothis (8)
  • Acrotheca (6)
  • Actinothyrium (12)
  • Anguillospora (1)
  • Ascospora (29)
  • Asperisporium (27)
  • Caeoma (1)
  • Camptomeris (6)
  • Cercoseptoria (43)
  • Cercospora (10749)
  • Cercosporella (549)
  • Cercosporidium (81)
  • Cercosporina (19)
  • Cercostigmina (1)
  • Chaetotrichum (6)
  • Cheilaria (5)
  • Ciferriella (4)
  • Clypeispora (1)
  • Coleophoma (44)
  • Colletogloeum (18)
  • Cylindrosporium (182)
  • Deightoniella (28)
  • Didymaria (242)
  • Didymella (14)
  • Didymellina (39)
  • Didymopsis (1)
  • Didymosporina (11)
  • Didymosporium (1)
  • Diplochorella (8)
  • Discella (92)
  • Dothistroma (32)
  • Epicymatia (1)
  • Fulvia (4)
  • Fusicladiella (4)
  • Gibbera (8)
  • Helicomina (3)
  • Helminthosporium (357)
  • Isariopsella (16)
  • Isariopsis (263)
  • Kirramyces (1)
  • Lecanosticta (31)
  • Melanodothis (5)
  • Micronectria (1)
  • Micronectriella (3)
  • Milesina (15)
  • Monodidymaria (1)
  • Mycocentrospora (14)
  • Mycopappus (6)
  • Mycosphaerella (3159)
  • Mycovellosiella (13)
  • Myxosporium (4)
  • Neta (3)
  • Oidium (2)
  • Oligostroma (12)
  • Omphalospora (25)
  • Ophiocarpella (2)
  • Ophiocladium (5)
  • Ormathodium (1)
  • Ovularia (927)
  • Ovulariella (1)
  • Pantospora (7)
  • Paracercospora (1)
  • Passalora (127)
  • Pazschkeella (8)
  • Periconia (1)
  • Periconiella (12)
  • Peyronellaea (1)
  • Phacellium (2)
  • Phacostromella (4)
  • Phaeoisariopsis (13)
  • Phaeophleospora (2)
  • Phaeoramularia (33)
  • Pharcidia (9)
  • Phloeospora (560)
  • Phragmogloeum (1)
  • Phyllosticta (257)
  • Placocrea (2)
  • Plectosporium (1)
  • Pleurophragmium (1)
  • Pleurothecium (2)
  • Polythrincium (512)
  • Pseudocercospora (159)
  • Pseudocercosporella (8)
  • Pseudodidymaria (1)
  • Pseudophaeoramularia (1)
  • Pucciniopsis (95)
  • Pyricularia (6)
  • Ramularia (364)
  • Ramulispora (26)
  • Rhabdospora (53)
  • Scolicotrichum (668)
  • Semipseudocercospora (1)
  • Septaria (2)
  • Septocylindrium (85)
  • Septoria (10160)
  • Septosporium (15)
  • Sirosporium (2)
  • Sonderhenia (2)
  • Spermospora (4)
  • Sphaerella (787)
  • Sphaerellothecium (1)
  • Sphaerulina (158)
  • Spilosphaeria (10)
  • Stenella (5)
  • Stigmatea (403)
  • Stigmella (21)
  • Stigmidium (6)
  • Stigmina (97)
  • Venturia (21)
  • Verrucispora (1)
  • Vestergrenia (5)
  • Virgasporium (1)
  • Zasmidium (1)
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