''Caproniella'' is a genus of fungi within the class

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. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis''). The genus name of ''Caproniella'' is in honour of Edward Capron (x - 1907), a British botanist (Mycology) and

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. The genus was

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Augusto Napoleone Berlese Augusto Napoleone Berlese (21 October 1864, in Padua – 26 January 1903, in Milan) was an Italian botanist and mycologist. He was the brother of entomologist Antonio Berlese 1863–1927, with whom he founded the journal ''Rivista di patolo ...

in Icon. Fung. Vol.2 on page 62 in 1895.

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