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Pier Antonio Micheli

Pier Antonio Micheli
Born(1679-12-11)11 December 1679
Florence, Italy
Died1 January 1737(1737-01-01) (aged 57)
Florence, Italy
CitizenshipItalian
Scientific career
Fields
  • Botany
  • Mycology

Pier Antonio Micheli (11 December 1679 – 1 January 1737) was a noted Italian botanist,[1] professor of botany in Pisa, curator of the Orto Botanico di Firenze, author of Nova plantarum genera iuxta Tournefortii methodum disposita. He discovered the spores of mushrooms, was a leading authority on cryptogams, and coined several important genera of microfungi including Aspergillus and Botrytis.

  1. ^ Moselio Schaechter (1 September 2011). Eukaryotic Microbes. Academic Press. pp. 19–. ISBN 978-0-12-383877-3. Retrieved 14 August 2012.

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