Giovanni Antonio Battarra

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.

Giovanni Battarra portrait

He visited and consulted with the Abbot Bruno Tozzi, a celebrated amateur botanist in Florence.[1][2]

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

See also

References
  1. Entry in Treccani Encyclopedia, by Mario De Gregorio, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 51 (1998).
  2. Elogi degli uomini illustri toscani. Volume III. by Marco Lastri (1774) page 629.
  3. International Plant Names Index.  Battarra.
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