Claude Casimir Gillet


Claude Casimir Gillet, was a French botanist and mycologist. 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.
Gillet was the taxonomic authority of the genera Tubaria and ''Microglossum.

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