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
  • Albotricha (1)
  • Arachnopeziza (84)
  • Belonidium (113)
  • Belonium (114)
  • Betulina (1)
  • Bisporella (1)
  • Brunnipila (6)
  • Calycellina (5)
  • Calycina (2)
  • Catinella (62)
  • Cheiromycella (5)
  • Cistella (30)
  • Coniothecium (250)
  • Dasyscypha (54)
  • Dasyscyphella (32)
  • Dasyscyphus (2304)
  • Erinella (121)
  • Eriopezia (11)
  • Fuscolachnum (1)
  • Gliomastix (10)
  • Goidanichiella (1)
  • Gonatobotryum (3)
  • Guepiniopsis (5)
  • Hamatocanthoscypha (2)
  • Haplographium (22)
  • Helolachnum (1)
  • Hyalopeziza (12)
  • Hyaloscypha (57)
  • Hymenoscyphus (7)
  • Hyphodiscus (1)
  • Hyphoscypha (1)
  • Incrucipulum (1)
  • Incrupila (1)
  • Lachnellula (208)
  • Lachnum (820)
  • Lanzia (4)
  • Lasiobelonium (5)
  • Microscypha (10)
  • Moellerodiscus (1)
  • Mollisia (13)
  • Mollisina (3)
  • Niptera (70)
  • Olla (1)
  • Parachnopeziza (1)
  • Perrotia (27)
  • Pezizella (288)
  • Pezizellaster (5)
  • Phalothrix (1)
  • Phaneromyces (1)
  • Phialea (323)
  • Phialina (3)
  • Poculum (1)
  • Proliferodiscus (2)
  • Pseudohelotium (19)
  • Pseudolachnea (7)
  • Psilachnum (2)
  • Solenopezia (4)
  • Stilbella (4)
  • Strossmayeria (3)
  • Trichobelonium (3)
  • Trichopeziza (173)
  • Trichopezizella (5)
  • Trichoscyphella (75)
  • Unguicularia (14)
  • Unguiculella (1)
  • Urceolella (4)
  • Velutaria (34)