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
  • Bactrodesmium (12)
  • Buergenerula (4)
  • Cheiropodium (3)
  • Clasterisporium (4)
  • Clasterosporium (179)
  • Fusariella (3)
  • Gaeumannomycella (1)
  • Gaeumannomyces (24)
  • Gibellina (12)
  • Leptodiscella (1)
  • Leptodiscus (2)
  • Magnaporthe (1)
  • Magnaporthiopsis (3)
  • Monodictys (34)
  • Mycoleptodiscus (6)
  • Ophioceras (16)
  • Piricularia (5)
  • Pithomyces (8)
  • Pseudophialophora (1)
  • Pyricularia (268)
  • Rhaphidophora (14)
  • Rhaphidospora (25)
  • Sporidesmium (510)
  • Stigmina (44)
  • Vakrabeeja (2)
  • Zygosporium (54)