Carlo Antonio Maria Venturi (Brescia, 11 October 1805 – 1864) was an Italian

mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a so ...

. In 1842 he published ''Mycological Studies'', in which he described sixty-two species of

fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...

. In 1845 he published ''miceti dell'agro bresciano descritti ed illustrati con figure tratte dal vero''. In 1882, Pier Andrea Saccardo published '' Venturia'', which is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

in the family

Venturiaceae The Venturiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. Several of the species in this family are plant pathogens. List of genera As accepted by GBIF; *'' Acantharia'' (7) *'' Antennaria'' (2) *'' Antennularia'' (1) *'' Anungite ...

and it was named in Venturi's honour. Then in 1919,

Hans Sydow Hans Sydow (29 January 1879 – 6 June 1946) was a German mycologist and the son of mycologist and lichenologist, Paul Sydow (1851–1925). Career Hans Sydow worked at the Dresdner Bank in Berlin between 1904 and 1937 rising to divisional mana ...

and

Paul Sydow Paul Sydow (1 November 1851 in Kallies – 26 February 1925 in Sophienstädt near Ruhlsdorf) was a German mycologist and lichenologist, father of Hans Sydow (1879–1946). He worked as a schoolmaster in Berlin. With his son, Hans, he authored w ...

circumscribed In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius. Not every polyg ...

Neoventuria ''Neoventuria'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (''incertae sedis''). A monotypic genus, it contains the single species ''Neoventuria argentinensis''. The ...

'', which is a genus of fungi in the class

Dothideomycetes Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders 90 families, 1300 genera and over 19,000 known species. Traditionally, most of its members were included in the loculoascomycetes, which is not par ...

. Lastly, in 1978, '' Venturiocistella'' another genus of fungi (in Hyphodiscaceae family).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Venturi, Carlo Antonio Italian mycologists 1805 births 1864 deaths