Augusto Chaves Batista (15 June 1916 – 30 November 1967) was a Brazilian
mycologist
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a so ...
. He published more than 600 research papers, either alone or in collaboration with others.
At the time of his death at the age of 51, Batista was the director of the Instituto de Micologia of the
Federal University of Pernambuco
Federal University of Pernambuco ( pt, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE) is a public university in Recife, Brazil, established in 1946. UFPE has 70 undergraduate courses and 175 postgraduate courses. , UFPE had 35,000 students and 2,000 ...
.
Eponymous taxa
Several
taxa
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have been named in his honor, including ''
Batistia'', published by
Raffaele Ciferri
Raffaele Ciferri (30 May 1897, Fermo – 12 February 1964, Pavia) was an Italian botanist, agriculturalist and mycologist.
He studied agricultural sciences at the University of Bologna. From 1925 to 1932, he was based in the Dominican Republic ...
, a frequent collaborator.
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Antennulariella batistae''
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Batistaella''
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Batistamnus''
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Batistia''
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Batistiaceae''
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Batistina''
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Batistinula''
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Batistopsora''
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Batistospora''
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Candida batistae''
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Capnobatista''
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Capnodium batistae''
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Catenulaster batistae''
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Collybia batistae''
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Cyclotheca batistae''
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Enterographa batistae''
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Russula batistae''
See also
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List of mycologists
This is a non-exhaustive list of mycologists, or scientists with a specialisation in mycology, with their author abbreviations. Because the study of lichens is traditionally considered a branch of mycology, lichenologists are included in this li ...
References
1916 births
1967 deaths
Brazilian mycologists
20th-century Brazilian botanists
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