Claude Casimir Gillet (19 May 1806 in

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– 1 September 1896 in

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), was a French

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

and

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 ...

. 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 Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as ...

, subsequently publishing a number of works on the subject. In 1867 he became a corresponding member of the ''Société Linnéenne de Normandie''. Gillet was the

taxonomic authority In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given ...

of the genera ''

Tubaria ''Tubaria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Tubariaceae. The genus is widely distributed, especially in temperate regions. ''Tubaria'' was originally named as a subgenus of ''Agaricus'' by Worthington George Smith in 1870. Claude Casimir Gille ...

'' (initially named a subgenus of ''

Agaricus ''Agaricus'' is a genus of mushrooms containing both edible and poisonous species, with over 400 members worldwide and possibly again as many disputed or newly-discovered species. The genus includes the common ("button") mushroom (''Agaricus bisp ...

'' by

Worthington George Smith Worthington George Smith (25 March 1835 – 27 October 1917) was an English cartoonist and illustrator, archaeologist, plant pathologist, and mycologist. Background and career Worthington G. Smith was born in Shoreditch, London, the son of a civ ...

) and ''

Microglossum ''Microglossum'' is a genus of fungi in the family Leotiaceae. Ascocarps (fruit bodies) occur in soil and resemble earth tongues, but are microscopically distinct. '' Microglossum atropurpureum'', a species typical of waxcap grassland in Europ ...

''.Tubaria (W.G. Sm.) Gillet 1876".
MycoBank. International Mycological Association He was honoured in 1899, when botanists P.A.Saccardo & P.Sydow published ''

Gilletiella ''Gilletiella'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The genus name of ''Gilletiella'' is in honour of Claude Casimir Gillet (1806 – 1896), who was a French botanist and mycologist. He initially trained as a medical doctor and vet ...

'', 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 ...

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 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 ...

Publications

* Claude-Casimir Gillet, (1893)
Agaricinées
' * Claude-Casimir Gillet, (1879)
Les discomycètes
', 230 pp * Gillet CG (1874)
Les Hyménomycètes
' 828pp, ''(Full view available on google books)'' * Claude-Casimir Gillet, Jean-Henri Magne, (1868)
Nouvelle flore française
' 704pp, ''(Full view available on google books)''

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1806 births 1896 deaths Botanists with author abbreviations French mycologists People from Marne (department) {{France-botanist-stub

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