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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
  • Chevalieropsis (2)
  • Cicinnobella (9)
  • Dimeriella (165)
  • Dimerium (127)
  • Dysrhynchis (1)
  • Henningsomyces (3)
  • Hysterostomella (23)
  • Lasiostemma (35)
  • Leptomeliola (1)
  • Meliolinella (1)
  • Neohoehnelia (4)
  • Ophiomeliola (2)
  • Parodiopsis (31)
  • Perisporina (5)
  • Perisporiopsis (5)
  • Phaeophragmeriella (10)
  • Pseudolembosia (2)
  • Schiffnerula (5)
  • Septoidium (12)
  • Setella (7)
  • Stomatogene (2)
  • Thrauste (4)
  • Wageria (1)
  • Xenomeris (10)
  • Xenostigmella (1)
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