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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
  • Aecidium (3416)
  • Allodus (49)
  • Argomyces (9)
  • Bullaria (2)
  • Caeoma (117)
  • Chrysella (4)
  • Chrysocyclus (40)
  • Coleopuccinia (14)
  • Cumminsiella (156)
  • Dasyspora (3)
  • Dicaeoma (26)
  • Didymosporium (1)
  • Endophyllum (640)
  • Eriosporangium (32)
  • Gerwasia (1)
  • Gymnosporangium (9256)
  • Haplopyxis (3)
  • Hemileia (9)
  • Kuehneola (59)
  • Leptopuccinia (1)
  • Leucotelium (11)
  • Maravalia (5)
  • Micropuccinia (68)
  • Miyagia (14)
  • Nigredo (21)
  • Phragmidium (10)
  • Pileolaria (66)
  • Podisoma (3)
  • Polioma (9)
  • Prospodium (199)
  • Pseudocerradoa (1)
  • Puccinella (3)
  • Puccinia (96417)
  • Pucciniola (1)
  • Pucciniosira (1)
  • Roestelia (5)
  • Schroeteriaster (27)
  • Sphaerotheca (1302)
  • Stereostratum (20)
  • Trachyspora (40)
  • Tranzschelia (1303)
  • Trichobasis (40)
  • Trochodium (5)
  • Uredo (5)
  • Uromyces (24652)
  • Uromycladium (25)
  • Uromycopsis (7)
  • Xenostele (10)
  • Zaghouania (32)
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