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 (13)
  • Ampullina (5)
  • Ascochytella (36)
  • Baumiella (2)
  • Bilimbiospora (4)
  • Chaetoplea (3)
  • Coniothyrium (1198)
  • Diplodiella (2)
  • Fairmaniella (6)
  • Humboldtina (1)
  • Lasmeniella (1)
  • Lentithecium (1)
  • Leptosphaeria (2992)
  • Leptosphaeriopsis (4)
  • Leptospora (41)
  • Lichenoconium (3)
  • Lophiostoma (62)
  • Macrodiplodia (9)
  • Microsphaeropsis (11)
  • Ophiobolus (814)
  • Parahendersonia (3)
  • Phaeocytostroma (8)
  • Phaeoderris (1)
  • Phoma (949)
  • Phyllosticta (39)
  • Pilidiella (10)
  • Plagiosphaera (5)
  • Plenodomus (69)
  • Pleoseptum (2)
  • Pyrenophora (2)
  • Rhizosphaera (43)
  • Sclerodothis (1)
  • Scoleciasis (3)