Frédéric Bataille (born 17 July 1850 in

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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 fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a so ...

. 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 naturalist

Lucien Quélet Lucien Quélet in 1869 Lucien Quélet (14 July 1832 – 25 August 1899) was a French naturalist and mycologist. Quélet discovered several species of fungi and was the founder of the Société mycologique de France, a society devoted to mycolo ...

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

Amanita The genus ''Amanita'' contains about 600 species of agarics, including some of the most toxic known mushrooms found worldwide, as well as some well-regarded edible species. This genus is responsible for approximately 95% of the fatalities result ...

'' and ''

Lepiota ''Lepiota'' is a genus of gilled mushrooms in the family Agaricaceae. All ''Lepiota'' species are ground-dwelling saprotrophs with a preference for rich, calcareous soils. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agaricoid with whitish spores, typically ...

'', titled ''Flore monographique des Amanites et des Lépiotes''. Bataille served as vice-president of the

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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 {{refimprove, date=July 2020 A bolete is a type of mushroom, or fungal fruiting body. It can be identified thanks to a unique mushroom cap. The cap is clearly different from the stem. On the underside of the cap there is usually a spongy surf ...

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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