Claude Casimir Gillet (1806 - 1896)
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Biography
Sources
Selected publications
Species
Genera
Biography
Gillet was trained as a doctor and veterinarian, spending four years of his professional life in Africa.
After retiring in 1853, he taught himself fungi, writing both scientific and popular works.
Sources
Heinrich Dörfelt & Heike Heklau (1998) Die Geschichte der Mykologie
(Die Geschichte der Mykologie)
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Selected Publications
Claude Casimir Gillet (1874) Les Hyménomycètes (The Hymenomycetes) 828 pp.
Claude Casimir Gillet (1878 - 1890) Les champignons (Fungi, Hyménomycètes) qui croissent en France. Description et iconographie, propriétés utiles ou vénéneuses (The fungi (Hymenomycetes) that occur in France. Description and pictures, useful and poisonous properties) 828 pp.
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Species
Cortinarius semisanguineus (Fries) C. C. Gillet
Hebeloma sinapizans (J. J. Paulet) C. C. Gillet
Inocybe calamistrata (Fries) C. C. Gillet
Pholiota destruens (Brondeau) C. C. Gillet
Pluteus petasatus (Fries) C. C. Gillet
Russula densifolia (Secretan) C. C. Gillet
Tubaria furfuracea (Persoon: Fries) C. C. Gillet
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Genera
Microglossum C. C. Gillet
Tubaria (W. G. Smith) C. C. Gillet
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