Italian botanist and mycologist (1878–1955).
Giovanni Battista Traverso (1878–1959) was a mycologist and plant pathologist in the early 20th century. He was born in Pavia, Italy, on October 25, 1878, and died on January 22, 1955 (Baldacci, 1959). He was interested in the flora since his early years what could be seen on his prints that he gave to the catalog of the vascular plants of Pavia in 1898 (Flora urbica pavese) (Traverso, 1898; Stafleu, and Cowan, 1986). Traverso completed his major in natural sciences at University of Pavia in July 1900. By that time he was also professor of botany and director of the Italian Cryptogamic Laborat