International Collection of Microorganisms from Plants (ICMP)

Specialty: Fungi of New Zealand and islands of southern Pacific. Date Founded: 1936.
Contacts: Bevan Weir, WeirB@landcareresearch.co.nz
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 7 November 2022
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 19,862 specimen records
  • 14,672 (74%) georeferenced
  • 5,149 (26%) with images (11,451 total images)
  • 8,581 (43%) identified to species
  • 427 families
  • 1,021 genera
  • 2,522 species
  • 2,559 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Allophoma (4)
  • Ascochyta (24)
  • Boeremia (42)
  • Briansuttonomyces (4)
  • Didymella (44)
  • Epicoccum (42)
  • Leptosphaerulina (9)
  • Microsphaeropsis (36)
  • Neoascochyta (7)
  • Neodidymelliopsis (5)
  • Neomicrosphaeropsis (5)
  • Nothophoma (1)
  • Paraboeremia (2)
  • Phoma (234)
  • Pseudoascochyta (1)
  • Stagonosporopsis (14)