Carlo Vittadini

Carlo Vittadini

Carlo Vittadini (11 June 1800, in Bertonico 20 November 1865, in Milan) was an Italian doctor 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 silkworms, he specialised in obstetrics, working in Milan. He is the author of several important works on Italian mushroom species.

Works

Taxa described

References

  1. Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard, Sér. 2 5: 321 (1872)
  2. "Author Query for 'Vittad.'". International Plant Names Index.

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