Giovanni Antonio Battara (1714 - 1789)
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Biography
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Biography
1738 ordained a priest in his home state of Rimini, begins studying geometry, physics and natural history
1741 - 1745 teaches philosophy in a seminary in Savignano (in Rimini)
1757 appointed teacher in philosophy at a public school
In his Fungorum agri Ariminensis historia, Battara describes about 250 taxa of fungi in "a systematic Flora of great originality." ( Dörfelt & Heklau)
Sources
Heinrich Dörfelt & Heike Heklau (1998) Die Geschichte der Mykologie
(Die Geschichte der Mykologie)
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Selected Publications
Giovanni Antonio Battara (1755) Fungorum agri Ariminensis historia (History of the Fungi of Rimini's Fields)Second edition: 1759
Giovanni Antonio Battara & Filippo Buonanni (1773 - 1782) Rervm naturalivm historia nempe qvadrvpedvm, insectorvm, piscivm, variorvmque marinorvm corporvm fossilivm plantarvm exoticarvm ac preasertim testaceorvm exsistentivm in Mvseo Kircheriano (A natural history, consisting of the quadrupeds, insects, fish, various marine organisms, fossils, and exotic plants as presented and preserved in the Kircheriano Museum) 2 vol.
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Genera
Armillaria (Battara: Fries) Staude
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