Dr August Johann Georg Karl Batsch (28 October 1761 - 29 September 1802) was a German naturalist. October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... -1...

Background

Batsch was born in Jena, Germany, to George Lorenz Bratsch and Ernestine (nee Franke) Bratsch. He studied at the city school, and then private tuition. He showed an aptitude for natural sciences, and so subsequently studied at the University of Jena (now known as the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena), entering in 1772 and obtaining his doctorate in 1781.^[1] This article is about the German town of Jena. ... This article is about the German town of Jena. ... Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (FSU) is located in Jena, Thuringia in Germany and was named for the German writer Friedrich Schiller in 1934. ...

August Johann Georg Karl Batsch

In 1786, he obtained a further doctorate in medicine, and began to teach natural history at the university the same year. The following year, he taught medicine, and then in 1792, became Professor of Philosophy. He advised Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on his botanical research. He was married in 1787 to Amalie Pfaundel. They had three children, Friedrich (born 1789), George Friedrich Karl (1792), and Karoline (1795). August Batsch died in 1802 after a short illness. medicines, see medication and pharmacology. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now often viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines of integrative organismal biology. ... The philosopher Socrates about to take poison hemlock as ordered by the court. ...  , IPA: , (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath. ...

Botany

In 1790, Batsch founded a botanical garden in Jena, and the Naturforschende Gesellschaft ("Nature Investigator's Club").^[2]

August Batsch was a recognised authority on mushrooms, discovering almost 200 new species including Clitocybe nebularis, Calocera cornea, Paxillus involutus, and Tapinella atrotomentosa. He wrote two books on the topic, Elenchus Fungorum (Discussion of Fungi, between 1783 and 1789), which is still highly rated today^[3] and Versuch einer Anleitung zur Kenntniss und Geschichte der Pflanzen (Attempt at Instruction in the Knowledge and History of Plants, between 1787 and 1788). Versuch einer Anleitung... looked into the nature of what we now know to be fungal diseases of plants (such as Dutch elm disease), but without realizing their origin. Basidiocarps (mushrooms) of the fungus Leucocoprinus sp. ... Calocera cornea is a member of the Heterobasidiomycetes (Jelly Fungi), also known as the branch between True Mushrooms and Jelly Fungi. It becomes up to 3mm wide, and 2mm in height. ... For the fictional character, see Fungus the Bogeyman. ... The term disease refers to an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs function. ... Branch death, or Flagging, at multiple locations in the crown of a diseased elm. ...

References

External links

• Text of Elenchus Fungorum (German)
• University of Jena botanical garden