Claude Casimir Gillet (19 May 1806 in Dormans, department of Marne  1 September 1896 in Alenon), was a French botanist and mycologist, Gillet was the taxonomic authority of the genera Tubaria (initially named a subgenus of Agaricus by Worthington George Smith) and Microglossum.
Claude Casimir Gillet (19 May 1806 in Dormans, department of Marne  1 September 1896 in Alencon), was a French botanist and mycologist. Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as well as their dangers, such as toxicity or infection. He initially trained as a medical doctor and veterinarian. 
