German mycologist and botanist with base in Jena. Professor of botany and director of the "Physikalische Gesellschaft". His classification of fungi mainly followed the Linnéan concept.

Herbarium: Some specimens in JE, but mostly destroyed during the world wars.

Important publications:
Batsch, A. J. G. 1783-89: Elenchus fungorum. 3. vol. approx. 300 p., 42 pl. (Halae)