Giuseppe Gibelli
Giuseppe Gibelli (9 February 1831 – 16 September 1898) was an Italian botanist and lichenologist who was a native of Santa Cristina e Bissone. He originally studied medicine, earning his medical doctorate at the University of Pavia. Later he studied botany and microscopy in Germany.
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Giuseppe Gibelli
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- Born
- 1831 · Santa Cristina e Bissone.
- Died
- 1898 · Turin.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- botanist · lichenologist · illustrator · university teacher
- Fields
- botany · illustration · lichen · fungi
- Education
- University of Pavia
- Languages
- Italian · Latin
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Giuseppe Gibelli (9 February 1831 – 16 September 1898) was an Italian botanist and lichenologist who was a native of Santa Cristina e Bissone. He originally studied medicine, earning his medical doctorate at the University of Pavia. Later he studied botany and microscopy in Germany.
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He became a professor of botany at the Universities of Modena (1874) and Bologna (1879), and from 1883 to 1898 was a professor of botany and director of the botanical garden at Turin. Gibelli is remembered for his pioneer studies of mycorrhiza, the symbiotic association between fungus and plant roots. He is honoured in the naming of Gibellia (1886), which is a genus of fungi within the Melanconidaceae family, Gibellina (1886), which is a genus of fungi in the family Magnaporthaceae, and also Gibellula (1894), which is a genus of fungi in the family Cordycipitaceae. Then in 1959, Gibellulopsis, a genus of fungi belonging to the family Plectosphaerellaceae.
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1831
Giuseppe Gibelli born at Santa Cristina e Bissone.
1898
Giuseppe Gibelli died at Turin.
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Giuseppe Gibelli worked in botany, illustration, lichen, fungi and lichenology. He was employed by University of Bologna. He belonged to Academy of Sciences of Turin and Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Recorded as botanist, lichenologist, illustrator and university teacher.
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