Claude Casimir Gillet

Claude Casimir Gillet (1806-1896)

Claude Casimir Gillet (19 May 1806 in Dormans, department of Marne – 1 September 1896 in Alençon), was a French botanist and mycologist.[1] He initially trained as a medical doctor and veterinarian.

As a veterinarian, he worked for four years in Africa. Around 1853 he developed a passion for mycology, subsequently publishing a number of works on the subject. In 1867 he became a corresponding member of the Société Linnéenne de Normandie.[2]

Gillet was the taxonomic authority of the genera Tubaria (initially named a subgenus of Agaricus by Worthington George Smith) and Microglossum.[3][4]

He was honoured in 1899, when botanists P.A.Saccardo & P.Sydow published Gilletiella, which is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes.[5]

  1. ^ IDREF.fr (bibliography)
  2. ^ Gillet, Champignons France - AREHN Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine Les champignons qui croissent en France : description et iconographie - Claude Casimir Gillet, 1878
  3. ^ Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming (biographical information)
  4. ^ Tubaria (W.G. Sm.) Gillet 1876". MycoBank. International Mycological Association
  5. ^ "Gilletiella P.A.Saccardo & P.Sydow, 1899". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 March 2022.