Augusto Chaves Batista

Augusto Chaves Batista (15 June 1916 – 30 November 1967) was a Brazilian mycologist. He published more than 600 research papers, either alone or in collaboration with others.^[1] 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.^[2]

Eponymous taxa

Several taxa have been named in his honor, including Batistia, published by Raffaele Ciferri, a frequent collaborator.^[2]

• Antennulariella batistae
• Batistaella
• Batistamnus
• Batistia
• Batistiaceae
• Batistina
• Batistinula
• Batistomyces^[3]
• Batistopsora
• Batistospora
• Candida batistae
• Capnobatista
• Capnodium batistae
• Catenulaster batistae
• Collybia batistae
• Cyclotheca batistae
• Enterographa batistae
• Russula batistae

See also

• Category:Taxa named by Augusto Chaves Batista
• List of mycologists