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
  • 962,113 specimen records
  • 430,416 (45%) georeferenced
  • 170,936 (18%) with images (215,276 total images)
  • 997 GenBank genetic references
  • 888,537 (92%) identified to species
  • 648 families
  • 5,337 genera
  • 70,073 species
  • 72,762 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Allescherina (2)
  • Anthostoma (336)
  • Cryptosphaeria (162)
  • Cryptosphaerina (2)
  • Cryptovalsa (39)
  • Diatrype (1858)
  • Diatrypella (885)
  • Diplodiella (14)
  • Dothideovalsa (9)
  • Endoxylina (6)
  • Eutypa (729)
  • Eutypella (456)
  • Helicogermslita (1)
  • Leptosphaeria (1)
  • Libertella (247)
  • Melanconis (8)
  • Melogramma (59)
  • Mycosphaerella (112)
  • Peroneutypa (29)
  • Peroneutypella (20)
  • Phaeochora (1)
  • Phaeosphaeriopsis (1)
  • Phaeotrype (2)
  • Quaternaria (103)
  • Rhytisma (2047)
  • Rostronitschkia (10)
  • Spiculostilbella (1)
  • Stictosphaeria (1)
  • Stigmatopsis (1)
  • Tympanis (100)
  • Valsaria (390)
  • Valseutypella (3)
  • Whalleya (1)