Carlo Vittadini was a Milanese botanist and mycologist of the early nineteenth century and is considered the greatest hypogeal mushroom scholar with discoveries that are still today the basis of modern mycology. His studies on Tuberaceae, so on truffles, allowed him to identify 51 completely new species, which we find in his writing "Monographia Tuberacearum" (of 1831) together with 5 splendid tables illustrated by himself and detailed by microscopic elements. This is why many truffles also bear the abbreviation "Vittad." in the scientific name, which refers to the surname of this important Milanese scholar. For example, in the name of the black summer truffle: Tuber Aestivum Vittadini. Vittadini also bought a dog that trained in the search for truffles so as to better investigate this world that so passionate him.