Pier Antonio Micheli - Nova Plantarum Genera Iuxta Tournefortii Methodum Disposita...

<p>Prima edizione di questo importante erbario, in cui grande spazio &egrave; riservato alle specie fungine: delle 1900 piante rappresentate la maggior parte sono infatti proprio licheni e funghi, descritti qui per la prima volta e classificati seguendo il metodo indicato da Tournefort. Micheli, lo ricordiamo, fu il primo a dimostrare che i funghi si riproducono per mezzo di spore. <em>DSB </em>IX, 368: &laquo;In this work Micheli considered some 1,900 species, of which nearly 1,400 were new. The greater number of these new species were thallophytes &mdash; fungi, lichens, liverworts, and mosses &mdash; which Micheli classified for the first time. Using two primitive microscopes, he was able to observe, again for the first time, such notable anatomical details as the antheridia and the archegones of mosses and the spores of fungi. He thus discovered, too, the generative function and the anatomy of the mycelium; for this discovery, among others, he may properly be considered the founder of mycology&raquo;. Cfr. <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Garrison-Morton</span> 10170;&nbsp;<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hunt </span>480; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nissen</span>, <em>BBI </em>1363; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stafleu</span> TL2 5974.</p>