Giovanni Antonio Battarra
Introduction Giovanni Battarra portrait'''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. He visited and consulted with the Abbot Bruno Tozzi, a celebrated amateur botanist in Florence.
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 *List of mycologists
References
External links * Google Books Online edition of ''Fungorum Agri Ariminensis Historia''