About Widely Prevalent Fungi of the United States
The Widely Prevalent Plant Pathogenic Fungi List is periodically updated by regional coordinators working in collaboration with plant pathology Extension personnel and personnel designated by the state department of agriculture in each state.
A "Widely Prevalent" organism is defined by the WPFL working group as an organism that:
- is widely distributed in any given five year period in the State where the host plant(s) is grown. It does not have to be encountered every year at every location
- would raise no new regulatory concerns at the State or Federal level if it was identified
The Widely Prevalent Plant Pathogenic Fungi list is made available for the use of plant pathologists, educators, and others interested in fungi. The development of the list for each state relies on the expertise and knowledge of Cooperative Extension plant pathologists, scientific publications, and other information accumulated over a number of years, in collaboration with State Plant Regulatory Officers. The list is not necessarily conclusive nor complete, and thus, it should not be used as a source of information for legal purposes. Fungal species may be added or deleted as scientific expertise on distribution of fungal species, taxonomic status, and other conditions change over time.
PLEASE NOTE: a permit is still required in order to bring a culture into your state, even though it may be listed in this database.
The database is used by the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection Quarantine (APHIS-PPQ) in the process of issuing permits for obtaining fungal isolates for research purposes. For more information about permits, visit the APHIS website.
Regional Coordinators
- Tom Creswell, Purdue University - IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI
- Vinson Doyle, Louisiana State University - AgCenter - AL, AR, LA, MS, TX
- Deanna Funnell-Harris, - CO, KS, ND, NE, OK, SD
- Jiahuai Hu, University of Arizona - AZ, CA, NM, NV, UT
- Heather Kelly, University of Tennessee - KY, NC, SC, TN, VA
- Bo Liu, - CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
- Karen Snover-Clift, Cornell University - DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, WV
- Carol Stiles, Widely Prevalent Fungi List - AK, AL, AR, AS, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, GU, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UM, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY
- Peng Tian, University of Missouri - IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI
- James Woodhall, University of Idaho - AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY