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
  • Aecidium (5028)
  • Allodus (55)
  • Argomyces (9)
  • Bullaria (4)
  • Centridium (6)
  • Ceratitium (17)
  • Chrysella (4)
  • Chrysocyclus (40)
  • Cumminsiella (545)
  • Cutomyces (5)
  • Cystopsora (8)
  • Dicaeoma (28)
  • Endophyllum (670)
  • Eriosporangium (32)
  • Gerwasia (1)
  • Gymnosporangium (9341)
  • Haplopyxis (3)
  • Kernella (4)
  • Kuehneola (59)
  • Leptinia (2)
  • Leptopuccinia (1)
  • Leucotelium (11)
  • Maravalia (5)
  • Micropuccinia (68)
  • Miyagia (33)
  • Phragmidium (10)
  • Pileolaria (66)
  • Podisoma (27)
  • Polioma (9)
  • Poliotelium (16)
  • Prospodium (199)
  • Puccinella (6)
  • Puccinia (101198)
  • Pucciniola (1)
  • Pucciniosira (1)
  • Roestelia (174)
  • Rostrupia (14)
  • Schroeteriaster (27)
  • Sphaerotheca (1305)
  • Stereostratum (20)
  • Trachyspora (40)
  • Tranzschelia (1302)
  • Trochodium (5)
  • Uredo (1)
  • Uromyces (27521)
  • Uromycladium (25)
  • Uromycopsis (7)
  • Xenostele (10)
  • Zaghouania (32)