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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
  • Actinothyrium (55)
  • Aporia (6)
  • Bifusella (99)
  • Canavirgella (90)
  • Cerion (2)
  • Coccomyces (514)
  • Coccophacidium (9)
  • Colpoma (73)
  • Crandallia (3)
  • Criella (1)
  • Cryptomycina (143)
  • Davisomycella (9)
  • Dendrophoma (4)
  • Discocainia (3)
  • Duplicaria (9)
  • Ectostroma (1)
  • Elytroderma (96)
  • Hymenopsis (7)
  • Hypoderma (861)
  • Hypodermella (456)
  • Hypodermellina (5)
  • Hypodermina (2)
  • Hypodermium (1)
  • Hysterodiscula (2)
  • Isthmiella (9)
  • Lasiostictella (1)
  • Lasiostictis (11)
  • Leptostroma (428)
  • Leptostromella (5)
  • Leptothyrella (2)
  • Leptothyrium (31)
  • Leptotrochila (7)
  • Lirula (15)
  • Lophodermella (28)
  • Lophodermellina (12)
  • Lophodermina (15)
  • Lophodermium (1977)
  • Macroderma (55)
  • Melanosorus (1)
  • Melasmia (229)
  • Meloderma (5)
  • Myriophacidium (5)
  • Naemacyclus (130)
  • Naevala (1)
  • Nymanomyces (5)
  • Pachyrhytisma (1)
  • Phaeophacidium (6)
  • Phomopsis (1)
  • Phyllachora (19)
  • Placuntium (4)
  • Ploettnera (3)
  • Ploioderma (23)
  • Propolidium (15)
  • Propolis (383)
  • Propolomyces (4)
  • Pseudorhytisma (11)
  • Rhytisma (197)
  • Schizoderma (1)
  • Sporomega (13)
  • Therrya (162)
  • Thyriostroma (4)
  • Xyloma (58)
  • Xyloschizon (2)
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