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Pier Antonio Micheli

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He observed that when spores were placed on slices of melon the same type of fungi were produced that the spores came from, and from this observation he noted that fungi did not arise from
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He was a collector of plant and mineral specimens, and on one of his collecting trips, in 1736, he contracted
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Moselio Schaechter, "Pier Antonio Micheli, The father of modern mycology: A paean",
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in 1679. He taught himself Latin and began the study of plants at a young age under
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According to a short description from the libraries of Harvard University.
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Statue of Micheli among the gallery of famous Tuscans in the
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The Quest for the Invisible: Microscopy in the Enlightenment
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Nova plantarum genera iuxta Tournefortii methodum disposita
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Academic Press. pp. 17โ€“. 421:Frank N. Egerton (2 June 2012). 316:. Academic Press. pp. 19โ€“. 558:International Plant Names Index 223:, sculpted by Vincenzo Costiani 648:18th-century Italian botanists 588:Ottaviani, Alessandro (2010). 550: 337: 1: 293: 150:, was a leading authority on 387:Marc Ratcliff (1 May 2009). 169: 16:Italian botanist (1679โ€“1737) 7: 597:, Volume 74: Messiโ€“Miraglia 492:An Introduction To Mycology 10: 664: 262: 455:George N. Agrios (2005). 110: 93: 86: 78: 62: 37: 28: 21: 289:, is named in his honor. 287:Orto Botanico di Firenze 136:Orto Botanico di Firenze 590:"MICHELI, Pier Antonio" 224: 221:Loggiato of the Uffizi 210:spontaneous generation 218: 195:Nova plantarum genera 599:(in Italian). Rome: 310:(1 September 2011). 174:Micheli was born in 142:. He discovered the 117:Pier Antonio Micheli 23:Pier Antonio Micheli 643:Italian mycologists 313:Eukaryotic Microbes 241:author abbreviation 308:Moselio Schaechter 225: 188:University of Pisa 536:978-0-300-10911-5 502:978-81-224-0089-2 468:978-0-12-044565-3 434:978-0-520-95363-5 400:978-0-7546-6150-4 366:978-1-84265-153-7 323:978-0-12-383877-3 272:called the genus 134:, curator of the 114: 113: 88:Scientific career 655: 614: 610:978-8-81200032-6 568: 567: 563: P. 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Micheli 152:cryptogams 44:1679-12-11 542:14 August 508:14 August 474:14 August 440:14 August 406:14 August 372:14 August 356:The Fungi 329:14 August 268:In 1737, 170:Biography 148:mushrooms 584:, 2000. 283:Florence 275:Michelia 270:Linnaeus 233:Florence 229:pleurisy 176:Florence 163:Botrytis 124:botanist 103:Mycology 52:Florence 263:Eponymy 203:lichens 121:Italian 82:Italian 607:  533:  499:  465:  431:  397:  363:  320:  252:citing 144:spores 128:botany 100:Botany 94:Fields 199:fungi 56:Italy 605:ISBN 544:2012 531:ISBN 510:2012 497:ISBN 476:2012 463:ISBN 442:2012 429:ISBN 408:2012 395:ISBN 374:2012 361:ISBN 331:2012 318:ISBN 193:His 160:and 132:Pisa 63:Died 38:Born 146:of 130:in 624:: 603:. 592:. 560:. 254:a 235:. 190:. 166:. 54:, 613:. 566:. 546:. 512:. 478:. 444:. 410:. 376:. 333:. 258:. 46:) 42:(

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Florence
Italy
Italian
botanist
botany
Pisa
Orto Botanico di Firenze
spores
mushrooms
cryptogams
Aspergillus
Botrytis
Florence
Bruno Tozzi
Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
University of Pisa
fungi
lichens
spontaneous generation

Loggiato of the Uffizi
pleurisy
Florence
author abbreviation
citing
botanical name
Linnaeus
Michelia
Florence

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