# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pier-antonio-micheli
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:33:23.539Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/pier-antonio-micheli"
name: "Pier Antonio Micheli"
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description: "Pier Antonio Micheli was a noted Italian botanist, professor of botany in Pisa, curator of the Orto Botanico di Firenze, author of Nova plantarum genera iuxta Tournefortii methodum disposita. Micheli is considered the founder of mycology. He discovered the spores of mushrooms, was a leading authority on cryptogams, and coined several important genera of microfungi including Aspergillus and Botrytis."
tagline: "Italian botanist (1679-1737)"
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birthDate: "1679-12-11"
deathDate: "1737-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump