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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
  • Aspergillus (408)
  • Byssochlamys (7)
  • Carpenteles (5)
  • Chaetosartorya (1)
  • Chaetotheca (1)
  • Citromyces (1)
  • Coremium (10)
  • Dactylomyces (1)
  • Dichlaena (2)
  • Diplostephanus (1)
  • Emericella (29)
  • Eupenicillium (3)
  • Eurotium (130)
  • Fennellia (1)
  • Hamigera (6)
  • Nematogonum (25)
  • Neosartorya (2)
  • Paecilomyces (39)
  • Penicilliopsis (7)
  • Penicillium (498)
  • Periconia (4)
  • Petromyces (2)
  • Sphaeromyces (6)
  • Sporocybe (69)
  • Sterigmatocystis (44)
  • Talaromyces (32)
  • Thysanophora (10)
  • Trichocoma (4)
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