astronomy

Oreste Mattirolo

Oreste Mattirolo is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Oreste Mattirolo rather than just read about it. In short: Oreste Mattirolo (7 December 1856, in Turin – 3 December 1947, in Turin) was an Italian botanist and mycologist, who specialized in hypogeal fungi. He studied medicine and sciences at the University of Turin, and from 1879, continued his education at the University of Strasbourg as a pupil of Heinrich Anton de Bary.

Key takeaways

Oreste Mattirolo belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Oreste Mattirolo to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Oreste Mattirolo from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Oreste Mattirolo (7 December 1856, in Turin – 3 December 1947, in Turin) was an Italian botanist and mycologist, who specialized in hypogeal fungi. He studied medicine and sciences at the University of Turin, and from 1879, continued his education at the University of Strasbourg as a pupil of Heinrich Anton de Bary. In 1894 he became an associate professor at the University of Bologna, where he attained a full professorship during the following year. Later on, he served as a professor of botany and director of the botanical gardens at the universities of Florence (1898–1900) and Turin (1900–37). The mycological genera Mattirolia (Berl. & Bres., 1889) and Mattirolomyces (E.Fisch., 1938) commemorate his name.

Selected works Sul parassitismo dei Tartufi e sulla quistione delle mycorrhizae, 1887 – On the parasitism of truffles and the question of mycorrhizae. Reliquiæ Morisianæ; ossia, Elenco di piante e località nuove per la flora di Sardegna recentemente scoperte nell'erbario di G.G. Moris, 1892 – Reliquiae Morisianae; List of plants and locations concerning the flora of Sardinia recently discovered in the herbarium of Giuseppe Giacinto Moris. L'opera botanica di Ulisse Aldrovandi (1549-1605), 1897 – The botanical work of Ulisse Aldrovandi. Cenni chronologici sugli Orti Botanici di Firenze, 1899 – Chronological notes on the Botanical Gardens of Florence. Giulio Camus e la sua opera botanica (1847-1917), 1917 – Giulio Camus and his botanical work.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Oreste Mattirolo

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Oreste Mattirolo claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Oreste Mattirolo before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Oreste Mattirolo ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Oreste Mattirolo

In research: Oreste Mattirolo appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Oreste Mattirolo in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Oreste Mattirolo is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1856 births, 1947 deaths, 19th-century Italian botanists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Oreste Mattirolo outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Oreste Mattirolo in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Oreste Mattirolo means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Oreste Mattirolo in simple terms?

Why does Oreste Mattirolo matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Oreste Mattirolo?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Oreste Mattirolo.