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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
  • Albonectria (18)
  • Allantonectria (28)
  • Antipodium (1)
  • Aponectria (8)
  • Botryocrea (1)
  • Calonectria (210)
  • Calostilbe (13)
  • Candelospora (4)
  • Cephalosporium (9)
  • Chaetodochium (1)
  • Chaetopsina (3)
  • Chaetopsinectria (2)
  • Chaetostroma (17)
  • Chilonectria (3)
  • Ciliciopodium (5)
  • Cinnamomeonectria (2)
  • Coccinonectria (2)
  • Corallomycetella (9)
  • Corallonectria (3)
  • Cosmospora (250)
  • Creonectria (72)
  • Cylindrocarpon (14)
  • Dialonectria (3)
  • Ephedrosphaera (1)
  • Euricoa (1)
  • Flagellospora (1)
  • Fusariella (4)
  • Fusarium (1293)
  • Gibberella (247)
  • Gliocephalotrichum (4)
  • Gliocladiopsis (2)
  • Heliscus (9)
  • Hyalocrea (6)
  • Hydropisphaera (12)
  • Lanatonectria (14)
  • Lasionectria (8)
  • Leuconectria (2)
  • Lisea (11)
  • Macronectria (9)
  • Megalonectria (20)
  • Microcera (98)
  • Miyakeomyces (2)
  • Moeszia (2)
  • Monographella (1)
  • Mycogloea (1)
  • Myrothecium (2)
  • Nalanthamala (1)
  • Nectria (5029)
  • Nectriella (23)
  • Neocosmospora (106)
  • Neonectria (152)
  • Neoskofitzia (3)
  • Ophionectria (159)
  • Paracremonium (1)
  • Penicillifer (2)
  • Phaeonectria (11)
  • Phialophora (7)
  • Pionnotes (3)
  • Pleonectria (71)
  • Pleurocolla (42)
  • Pseudocosmospora (14)
  • Pseudomicrocera (10)
  • Pseudonectria (52)
  • Pseudotrichia (4)
  • Psilonia (8)
  • Puttemansia (3)
  • Scoleconectria (202)
  • Selenosporium (16)
  • Septofusidium (1)
  • Septogloeum (285)
  • Septorella (5)
  • Sphaerostilbe (124)
  • Spicaria (7)
  • Stagonostroma (1)
  • Stilbonectria (1)
  • Thelonectria (70)
  • Thyronectria (66)
  • Trichofusarium (2)
  • Trichonectria (10)
  • Tubercularia (725)
  • Tubeufia (65)
  • Viridispora (9)
  • Volutella (70)
  • Volutina (3)
  • Zythiostroma (7)
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