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Carlo Vittadini (11 June 1800, in
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20 November 1865, in
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) was an Italian
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and
mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ...
.


Life

He studied in Milan and at the
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, 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 '' where he described 14 species of the genus ''
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 mushroom, edible species (and many species of unknown edibility). The genus is re ...
''. Outside of several publications on diseases of
silkworm ''Bombyx mori'', commonly known as the domestic silk moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of '' Bombyx mandarina'', the wild silk moth. Silkworms are the larvae of silk moths. The silkworm is of ...
s, he specialised in
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, working in Milan. He is the author of several important works on Italian mushroom species.


Works

* * ''Monographia tuberacearum'' (Rusconi, Milan, 1831) - Describes 65
species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
, 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

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Agaricus silvicola ''Agaricus silvicola'', also known as the wood mushroom or woodland agaricus, is a species of Agaricus mushroom related to the button mushroom. Taxonomy Originally described as the variety ''Agaricus campestris'' var. ''silvicola'' by Carlo V ...
'' *'' Amanita echinocephala'' (Vittad.) Quel.''Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard, Sér. 2'' 5: 321 (1872) *The
Shaggy parasol Shaggy parasol is the common name for three closely related species of mushroom: ''Chlorophyllum rhacodes'', ''C. olivieri'' and ''C. brunneum'', found in North America, Europe and Southern Africa. ''C. brunneum'' is also found in ...
(''Chlorophyllum rhacodes'') *'' Rhizopogon vulgaris'' *Several species of ''
Tuber Tubers are a type of enlarged structure that plants use as storage organs for nutrients, derived from stems or roots. Tubers help plants perennate (survive winter or dry months), provide energy and nutrients, and are a means of asexual reproduc ...
'' *''
Amanita vittadinii ''Saproamanita vittadinii'', commonly known as the Vittadini's lepidella, is a European saprophyte mushroom classified in the genus ''Saproamanita''. Unlike some ''Amanitas'', this species is known to occur without accompanying woody plant sy ...
'' (Moretti) Vitt. is named in his honour.


References


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vittadini, Carlo 1800 births 1865 deaths Biologists from the Austrian Empire Physicians from the Austrian Empire Italian mycologists People from San Donato Milanese