- Carlo Vittadini
Carlo Vittadini (
Bertonico ,11 June 1800 –Milan ,20 November 1865 ) was an Italiandoctor and mycologist.Life
He studied in Milan and at the University of Pavia, where he attended the classes given by Giuseppe L. Moretti (1782–1853). He became a doctor of medicine in 1826 with a thesis entitled "Tentamen mycologicum seu Amanitarum illustratio" where he described 14 species of the genus "
Amanita ".Outside of several publications on diseases of
silkworm s, he specialised inobstetrics , working in Milan. He is the author of several important works on Italian mushroom species.Works
* "Monographia tuberacearum" (Rusconi, Milan, 1831) - Describes 65
specie s, of which 51 were new. * "Descrizione dei funghi mangerecci più comuni dell'Italia e de'velenosi che possono co'medesimi confondersi" (1835) - Describes 56 species, of which 15 were new.
* "Monographia Lycoperdineorum" (1842) - Completes his 1831 study and describes 50 species, of which 23 were new.
* "Trattato sui funghi mangerecci più conosciuti e paragoni con quelli velenosi con cui possono essere confusi" (1844) - Written at the request of the Italian government, which was concerned over the number of incidents of mushrooms poisonings.Taxa described
*"
Agaricus silvicola "
*"Amanita echinocephala " (Vittad.) Quel. ["Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard, Sér. 2" 5: 321 (1872)]
*TheShaggy parasol ("Chlorophyllum rhacodes")
*"Rhizopogon vulgaris "
*Several species of "Tuber"*"
Amanita vittadinii " (Moretti) Vitt. is named in his honour.References
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