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| U.S. National Fungus Collections - Herbarium |
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U.S. National Fungus Collections (BPI)
| Location: | USDA Agricultural Research Service MNGDBL Building 010A, Room 230 10300 Baltimore Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705 USA Phone: (301) 504-6921 Fax: (301) 504-5062 HerbariumBPI@ars.usda.gov |
Visit the herbarium specimen database to search for specimens in BPI |
| Herbarium acronym: | BPI | |
| Loans: | To recognized institutions and scientists [Loan policy] | |
| Number of accessions: | 1,000,000 collections; 65,000 taxa, including species and varieties. Specimen data for most groups of fungi have been computerized | |
| Type Specimens: | 25,000 | |
| Associated libraries: | 5,600 volumes, 75,000 pamphlets and reprints | |
| Internet access: | https://fungi.ars.usda.gov | |
| Scientists: | Dr. Lisa A. Castlebury, Systematics and nomenclature of plant-associated fungi | |
| Dr. Catalina Salgado-Salazar, Systematics and genomics of plant-associated fungi | ||
| Correspondence: | HerbariumBPI@ars.usda.gov | |
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