Augusto Napoleone Berlese (21 October 1864, in

Padua Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 20 ...

– 26 January 1903, in

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

) was an Italian

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and

mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ...

. He was the brother of

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

Antonio Berlese Antonio Berlese (26 June 1863, in Padua, Austrian Empire – 24 October 1927, in Florence) was an Italian entomologist. Career Berlese worked on pest insects notably of fruit trees. He published over 300 articles and a book ''Gli insetti loro o ...

1863–1927, with whom he founded the journal ''Rivista di patologia vegetale'' in 1892. Together with Francesco Saccardo and Casimir Roumeguère he edited the

exsiccata Exsiccata (Latin, ''gen.'' -ae, ''plur.'' -ae) is a work with "published, uniform, numbered set of preserved specimens distributed with printed labels". Typically, exsiccatae are numbered collections of dried herbarium Biological specimen, spe ...

''Fungi Lusitanici a Cl. Moller lecti. Contributiones ad Floram Mycologicam Lusitaniae''. He studied natural sciences at the

University of Padua The University of Padua (, UNIPD) is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy. It was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from the University of Bologna, who previously settled in Vicenza; thus, it is the second-oldest ...

, where following graduation, he worked for several years as a botanical assistant (1885–1889). Later on, he taught classes at the

viticulture Viticulture (, "vine-growing"), viniculture (, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine ...

school in

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(from 1892), and at the universities of

Camerino Camerino is a town in the province of Macerata, Marche, central-eastern Italy. It is located in the Apennines bordering Umbria, between the valleys of the rivers Potenza and Chienti, about from Ancona. Camerino is home to the University of Ca ...

(from 1895) and

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(from 1899). In 1901 he was appointed professor of

phytopathology Plant pathology or phytopathology is the scientific study of plant diseases caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Plant pathology involves the study of pathogen identification, disease ...

at the agricultural college in Milan. The mycological genus ''Berlesiella'' (family

Herpotrichiellaceae Herpotrichiellaceae is a family of ascomycetous fungi within the order Chaetothyriales and within the class Eurotiomycetes. It contains 16 genera and about 270 species. The type genus of the family, ''Herpotrichiella'', is now synonymous with '' ...

) was named in his honor by

Pier Andrea Saccardo Pier Andrea Saccardo (23 April 1845 in Treviso, Province of Treviso, Treviso – 12 February 1920 in Padua, Italy, Padua) was an Italian botany, botanist and mycology, mycologist. His multi-volume ''Sylloge Fungorum'' was one of the first attempt ...

Selected works

He was the author of the multi-volume series ''Icones Fungorum'' (1890–1905). He also made major contributions to Saccardo'
''Sylloge Fungorum''
The following are a few of his other noted works: * ''Monografia dei generi Pleospora, Clathrospora e Pyrenophora'', 1888 – Monograph on the genera '' Pleospora'', ''

Clathrospora ''Clathrospora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Diademaceae. The widespread genus contained five species in 2008, the genus increased to 20 species by 2023. Species As accepted by Species Fungorum; *''Clathrospora baccata'' *''Clathrospora b ...

'' and ''

Pyrenophora The fungal genus ''Pyrenophora'' includes 108 species, including the following plant pathogenic species: ''Pyrenophora teres'', ''Pyrenophora graminea'' and '' Pyrenophora tritici-repentis''. ''Pyrenophora teres'' (has the teleomorph, ''Drechs ...

''. * ''Micromycetes Tridentini : contribuzione allo studio dei funghi microscopici del Trentino'' (with

Giacomo Bresadola Giacomo Bresadola ( Mezzana, Trento; often given as Giacopo) 14 February 1847 – Trento 9 June 1929) was an eminent Italian mycologist. Fungi he named include the deadly '' Lepiota helveola'' and ''Inocybe patouillardii'', though the latter ...

, 1889) – "Micromycetes Trento"; a contribution to the study of the microscopic fungi of

Trentino Trentino (), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento (; ; ), is an Autonomous province#Italy, autonomous province of Italy in the Northern Italy, country's far north. Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the Regions of Italy, region of Tren ...

. * ''Fungi moricolae. Iconografia e descrizione dei funghi parassiti dei gelso'', 1889 – Fungi moricolae. Iconography and description of parasitic fungi of the

mulberry tree ''Morus'', a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of 19 species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions. Generally, the genus has 64 subordinate ...

. * ''I parasiti vegetali delle piante coltivate o utili'', 1894 – Plant parasites of cultivated or useful plants.Most widely held works by A. N Berlese
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berlese, Augusto Napoleone 1864 births 1903 deaths Scientists from Padua University of Padua alumni Academic staff of the University of Sassari 19th-century Italian botanists Italian mycologists Phytopathologists