Frédéric Bataille (; born 17 July 1850 in Mandeure,

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– died 29 April 1946 in

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, Franche-Comté) was a French educator, poet 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 ...

. From 1870 to 1884 he was a schoolteacher in the vicinity of

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, relocating as an instructor to the lycée at

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in 1884. In 1905 he retired from teaching and settled in the city of

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Sociétés savantes de France During his career, he was an accomplished poet, publishing books of poetry with titles such as ''Délassements'' (1873), ''Le Pinson de la mansarde'' (1875), ''Le clavier d'or'' (1884), ''La veille du péché'' (1886), ''Poèmes du soir'' (1889) and ''Choix de poésies'' (1892).IDREF.fr
(bibliography) Around middle-age he developed a passion for

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, being heavily influenced by

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. With Quélet, he was co-author of a monograph involving the genera ''

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'' and '' Lepiota'', titled ''Flore monographique des Amanites et des Lépiotes''. Bataille served as vice-president of the Société mycologique de France and president of the Société d'émulation du Doubs. In mycological

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, he is commemorated with the specific name of ''bataillei''.Chroniques et anecdotes de la SHNJ entre 1920 et 1936
(brief biography)

Selected writings in mycology

* ''Les Bolets, classification et détermination des espèces''. Bulletin de la Société d'histoire naturelle du Doubs, n° 15, 30 p. (1908) –

Bolete A bolete is a type of mushroom, or fungal fruiting body. It can be identified thanks to a unique cap. On the underside of the cap there is usually a spongy surface with pores, instead of the gills typical of mushrooms. A similar pore surface i ...

s, classification and determination of species. * ''Champignons rares des environs de Besançon''. Bulletin de la Société d'histoire naturelle du Doubs, n° 16, mai-décembre, 7 p. (1909) – Rare mushrooms in the vicinity of

. * ''Flore analytique des morilles et des helvelles''. Besançon, l'auteur, 44 p. (1911) – Analyses of '' Morchella'' and '' Helvella''. * ''Les Réactions macrochimiques chez les champignons, suivies d'indications sur la morphologie des spores''. Paris, P. Lechevallier, 172 p. (1948) – Macrochemical reactions involving mushrooms, etc.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bataille, Frederic 1850 births 1946 deaths French mycologists People from Doubs