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USDA United States National Fungus Collections (BPI)

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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.

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Contacts:

GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/d1a3b128-b406-46bb-a6d1-f3591dcc8a7b
Cite this collection:
Mycology Collections Portal (2025). USDA United States National Fungus Collections. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/w78rwb accessed via the Mycology Collections Portal , www.mycoportal.org/portal on 2025-10-27.

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
https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/beltsville-md-barc/beltsville-agricultural-research-center/mycology-and-nematology-genetic-diversity-and-biology-laboratory/

Collection Statistics

  • 962,117 specimen records
  • 430,419 (45%) georeferenced
  • 170,936 (18%) with media (215,276 total media)
  • 997 GenBank genetic references
  • 888,541 (92%) identified to species
  • 648 families
  • 5,337 genera
  • 70,074 species
  • 72,763 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: ae4b3cef-0172-4256-871c-7e2e1aa289ba
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Digital Metadata: EML File
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