Nisha Rathode (Editor)

Giovanni Antonio Battarra

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Giovanni Battarra

Died
  
1789, Rimini, Italy

Giovanni Antonio Battarra wwwmicologiamessinesealtervistaorgimagesBatta

Giovanni Antonio Battarra (Coriano, 9 June 1714–Rimini, 8 November 1789) was an Italian priest, naturalist, and mycologist. In 1755, he published Fungorum Agri Ariminensis Historia, consisting of 80 pages and illustrated with 40 copper plates drawn and engraved by himself, in which he described 248 species of fungi.

Eponymous species

  • Amanitopsis battarrae Boud., 1902 (now Amanita battarrae)
  • Battarrea Pers. (1801)
  • Hypocrea subgen. Battarrina Sacc., 1883
  • Phoma battarreae
  • Pleurotus battarrae Quel., 1879
  • Agaricus battarrae Fr., 1821 (now Psathyrella battarrae)

    • References

    Giovanni Antonio Battarra Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA