Giovanni Antonio Battarra (

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, 9 June 1714 –

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, 8 November 1789) was an Italian priest, naturalist, 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, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as w ...

. 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 A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...

Eponymous species

*''Amanitopsis battarrae'' Boud., 1902 (now ''

Amanita battarrae ''Amanita battarrae'', also known as the grey-zoned ringless amanita, is a species of Amanita found in Italy in the fall as well as in eastern Europe. Described in 1902 by the French mycologist Jean Louis Émile Boudier, who named it ''Amanitop ...

'') *''

Battarrea ''Battarrea'' is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi. The genus used to be classified in the family Tulostomaceae until molecular phylogenetics revealed its affinity to the Agaricaceae. Species of ''Battarrea'' have a peridium (spore sac) that re ...

'' Pers. (1801) *''

Hypocrea ''Hypocrea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hypocreaceae. The widespread genus is estimated to contain 171 species that grow on rotten wood, and are often associated with other fungi. Anamorphic genera associated with ''Hypocrea'' include ''Ac ...

'' subgen. ''Battarrina'' Sacc., 1883 *''

Phoma battarreae ''Phoma'' is a genus of common coelomycetous soil fungi. It contains many plant pathogenic species. Description Spores are colorless and unicellular. The pycnidia are black and depressed in the tissues of the host. ''Phoma'' is arbitrarily l ...

'' *''

Pleurotus battarrae ''Pleurotus'' is a genus of gilled mushrooms which includes one of the most widely eaten mushrooms, '' P. ostreatus''. Species of ''Pleurotus'' may be called oyster, abalone, or tree mushrooms, and are some of the most commonly cultivated edib ...

'' Quél., 1879 * ''Agaricus battarrae'' Fr., 1821 (now '' Psathyrella battarrae'')

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Online edition of ''Fungorum Agri Ariminensis Historia'' 1714 births 1789 deaths Italian mycologists {{Mycologist-stub

Eponymous species

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