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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
  • Annulohypoxylon (3)
  • Anthostomella (264)
  • Areolospora (1)
  • Ascotricha (34)
  • Astrocystis (1)
  • Barrmaelia (1)
  • Biscogniauxia (9)
  • Camillea (193)
  • Carnostroma (2)
  • Chromocreopsis (6)
  • Circinotrichum (6)
  • Coprolepa (5)
  • Creosphaeria (15)
  • Daldinia (995)
  • Dematophora (3)
  • Dicyma (1)
  • Engleromyces (4)
  • Entoleuca (1)
  • Entonaema (11)
  • Entosordaria (1)
  • Fuckelia (12)
  • Gyrocerus (39)
  • Hansfordia (2)
  • Hapalocystis (1)
  • Henningsina (1)
  • Holttumia (1)
  • Hypocopra (76)
  • Hypoxylon (8398)
  • Kretzschmaria (352)
  • Leprieuria (7)
  • Leptosphaeria (2)
  • Lopadostoma (8)
  • Nemania (18)
  • Neofuckelia (2)
  • Nodulisporium (9)
  • Nummularia (438)
  • Paranthostomella (10)
  • Paucithecium (1)
  • Penzigia (70)
  • Phaeochora (3)
  • Phylacia (41)
  • Phyllachora (1)
  • Physalospora (109)
  • Podosordaria (2)
  • Poronia (138)
  • Pyrenopolyporus (7)
  • Rosellinia (678)
  • Sarcoxylon (23)
  • Sclerodermatopsis (1)
  • Serenomyces (15)
  • Seynesia (19)
  • Sphaeria (3963)
  • Sphaerodothis (26)
  • Sphaeronaema (8)
  • Sphaeronaemella (3)
  • Spirogramma (1)
  • Stilbohypoxylon (9)
  • Stromatoneurospora (1)
  • Stromatosphaeria (1)
  • Thamnomyces (18)
  • Theissenia (2)
  • Thuemenella (13)
  • Ustulina (31)
  • Venturia (3)
  • Virgaria (1)
  • Wawelia (3)
  • Xylaria (4658)
  • Xylobotryum (18)
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