SMML Fungus-Host Distribution Database

Genus

Species

Fungus Name

Include vars

Or Fungus Group

Or Fungus Order

Host Name

Or Host Family

Locality

Regions

Use Synonyms

Fungus Host (slower search)

Display

Email format

txt

rtf

comma

Special searches:

Fungi not in the U.S.

List of host families/genera

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Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory Fungus-Host Database. July 23, 2008

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

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Page last updated 15 September 2006

Suggested citation: Farr, D.F., Rossman, A.Y., Palm, M.E., & McCray, E.B. Fungal Databases, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. Retrieved July 23, 2008, from http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/

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Fungus name

Enter a genus and/or species name.
To do a left to right wildcard search append a * to the end of the search criteria. For example av* in the species box would select all of the species starting with av. Sept* in the genus box and cor* in the species box would also be an acceptable entry.
If you only enter a genus name then all of the species for that genus will be selected.
To include variety/subspecies names append a * to the end of the specific epithet OR enter a genus in the Genus field and enter the variety/subspecies name in the Species field (for example, elynae var. elynae).
In order to include synonyms in the search, enter a complete name in both the Genus and Species fields and select "Use synonyms" under Options.
You may enter only one of the following: fungus name, fungus group, fungus order.

Fungus Group

The categories provided are derived from The Dictionary of the Fungi, the Anamorph-Teleomorph database maintained by the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures and a list of hyphomycetes provided by Keith Seifert.
You may enter only one of the following: fungus name, fungus group, fungus order.
Fungus Group alone may not be used for a search.

Fungus Order

The orders provided are derived from The Dictionary of the Fungi.
You may enter only one of the following: fungus name, fungus group, fungus order.
Fungus Order alone may not be used for a search.

Host name

Enter a genus and/or species name.
If you know only the common name you may use a common name to search for a scientific name.
To do a left to right wildcard search append a * to the end of the search criteria. For example aest* in the species box would select all of the species starting with aest. Trit* in the genus box and aest* in the species box would also be an acceptable entry.
If you only enter a genus name then all of the species for that genus will be selected.
To include variety/subspecies names append a * to the end of the specific epithet OR enter a genus in the Genus field and enter the variety/subspecies name in the Species field (for example, vulgaris subsp. vulgaris).
In order to include synonyms in the search, enter a complete name in both the Genus and Species fields and select "Use synonyms" under Options.
You may search on a host name OR family.

Host Family

You may enter a host family or click on one of the letter groups to view and select a family.
You may search on a host name OR family.
Host Family alone may not be used for a search.

Locality

Enter a country, territory or U.S. state in the Locality field OR select a region/continent.
You may select a locality from this list of localities or regions/continents currently in the database.
Locality alone may not be used for a search.

Display

Selecting Fungus Host will display the hosts listed below each fungus name. Selecting Host Fungus does the opposite.
Selecting Citations will list the literature citations used for the distribution information.

Email

If you enter an email address the search results will be mailed to that address. You may choose to receive
(1) a text file (txt) formatted as displayed on the screen,
(2) an rtf file (rtf) which may be opened in an application like Microsoft Word or
(3) a comma delimited file (comma) which may be imported into a database or spreadsheet.
Emailed results are not restricted to 1,000 records as are results returned to the browser.

Use synonyms

If you check Use Synonyms for the fungus name, synonym and alternate state names in the database will be included in the search.
Checking Use Synonyms for the host name will include synonyms from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the PLANTS Database, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Nomenclature information will be displayed at the top of the search results.
To use this option, you must enter a complete name in both the Genus and Species fields.

Fungus-Host Distributions. This database includes reports of fungi on vascular plants and plant products according to their distribution by state (for the U.S.) and country taken from over 12,000 literature sources. Currently the database contains 78,000 fungal taxa on 54,000 vascular plant hosts representing 310,000 unique host-fungus combinations. Over 300 countries and territories are included. Records are continuously added as new publications are received. This database was used to produce the book Fungi on Plants and Plant Products in the United States (APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1989).