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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.)

Extra Statistics

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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
  • Acrothecium (6)
  • Alternaria (1846)
  • Bipolaris (65)
  • Brachycladium (6)
  • Calcarisporium (3)
  • Cerebella (268)
  • Clathrospora (41)
  • Cochliobolus (75)
  • Curvularia (154)
  • Dendryphiella (12)
  • Dendryphion (70)
  • Dendryphiopsis (8)
  • Drechslera (58)
  • Embellisia (35)
  • Epicoccum (380)
  • Exserohilum (25)
  • Fusariella (1)
  • Gibbago (1)
  • Helminthosporium (10)
  • Kriegeriella (4)
  • Lewia (6)
  • Macrospora (2)
  • Macrosporium (694)
  • Magnaporthe (4)
  • Mystrosporium (19)
  • Nimbya (5)
  • Pithomyces (23)
  • Pleospora (1557)
  • Podosporiella (4)
  • Polydesmus (7)
  • Pseudocochliobolus (6)
  • Pseudoplea (1)
  • Pseudosphaeria (4)
  • Pyrenophora (85)
  • Scleroplea (1)
  • Scolecobasidium (3)
  • Setosphaeria (2)
  • Sirosporium (2)
  • Stemphylium (216)
  • Stigmella (8)
  • Taeniolella (2)
  • Thyrospora (3)
  • Trichoconis (2)
  • Ulocladium (47)
  • Wettsteinina (10)
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