USDA United States National Fungus Collections (BPI)

The USDA-ARS U.S. National Fungus Collections (BPI) currently houses approximately one-million reference specimens. Data associated with over 925,000 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: Lisa A. Castlebury, Lisa.Castlebury@USDA.GOV
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: ae4b3cef-0172-4256-871c-7e2e1aa289ba
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
USDA-ARS-MNGDBL
U.S. National Fungus Collections, USDA-ARS
Room 230, Building 010A
10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, Maryland   20705
U.S.A.
[1] 301 504 5270
Collection Statistics
  • 962,097 specimen records
  • 421,848 (44%) georeferenced
  • 171,010 (18%) with images (215,398 total images)
  • 970 GenBank genetic references
  • 888,527 (92%) identified to species
  • 647 families
  • 5,338 genera
  • 70,057 species
  • 72,736 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Abrothallus (24)
  • Acolium (9)
  • Acroscyphus (1)
  • Buellia (93)
  • Caliciella (1)
  • Calicium (183)
  • Cypheliopsis (1)
  • Cyphelium (31)
  • Diplotomma (1)
  • Dirinaria (1)
  • Epilichen (2)
  • Lahmia (4)
  • Lecidea (1)
  • Melaspilea (2)
  • Microcalicium (2)
  • Mycocalicium (9)
  • Phaeocalicium (6)
  • Phaeophyscia (1)
  • Physcia (62)
  • Pyrgillus (1)
  • Pyxine (8)
  • Rhizocarpon (22)
  • Rinodina (9)
  • Sclerococcum (4)
  • Sphinctrina (12)
  • Stenocybe (3)
  • Tholurna (3)
  • Trachylia (4)