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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
  • Amauroderma (2)
  • Bresadolia (2)
  • Cerioporus (1)
  • Cerrena (22)
  • Coriolopsis (48)
  • Coriolus (252)
  • Cryptoporus (67)
  • Daedaleopsis (14)
  • Datronia (20)
  • Dentocorticium (1)
  • Dichomitus (6)
  • Diplomitoporus (3)
  • Earliella (14)
  • Echinochaete (2)
  • Epithele (28)
  • Favolus (860)
  • Flavodon (1)
  • Fomes (12747)
  • Funalia (8)
  • Globifomes (1)
  • Grammothele (43)
  • Grandinia (4)
  • Hapalopilus (29)
  • Haploporus (3)
  • Hexagonia (942)
  • Hirschioporus (13)
  • Hymenogramme (6)
  • Incrustoporia (2)
  • Irpiciporus (23)
  • Lentinus (1925)
  • Lentodiellum (2)
  • Lentodium (1)
  • Lenzites (316)
  • Leptoporus (15)
  • Leucoporus (2)
  • Lloydella (23)
  • Lopharia (37)
  • Loweporus (2)
  • Macrohyporia (2)
  • Megasporoporia (5)
  • Melanoporia (1)
  • Melanopus (3)
  • Microporellus (16)
  • Microporus (18)
  • Mylitta (5)
  • Neolentinus (1)
  • Nigroporus (7)
  • Oligoporus (1)
  • Pachykytospora (3)
  • Pachyma (3)
  • Panus (1098)
  • Perenniporia (30)
  • Physisporus (25)
  • Piloporia (2)
  • Placodes (3)
  • Podofomes (1)
  • Pogonomyces (9)
  • Polyporellus (9)
  • Polyporus (37262)
  • Polystictus (55)
  • Poria (12892)
  • Porogramme (98)
  • Poronidulus (1)
  • Protomerulius (10)
  • Pseudofavolus (1)
  • Pseudotrametes (1)
  • Pyrofomes (1)
  • Skeletocutis (7)
  • Spongipellis (5)
  • Thwaitesiella (2)
  • Tinctoporellus (3)
  • Trametes (7165)
  • Trichaptum (37)
  • Tyromyces (37)
  • Ungulina (23)
  • Xerotus (42)
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