boletus (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Boletus*:
NOUN	plant	Boletus, genus Boletus	type genus of Boletaceae

English > *Boletus*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	type genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi; some poisonous and some edible.
Synonym	genus Boletus
Member of	Boletaceae, family Boletaceae	family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other
Members	Boletus chrysenteron	A fungus convex cap and a dingy yellow under surface and a dry stalk
	Boletus edulis	An edible and choice fungus
	Boletus luridus	A poisonous fungus with a dingy yellow cap and orange red undersurface and a cylindrical reticulate stalk
	Boletus mirabilis	A fungus that is edible when young / young and fresh
	Boletus pallidus	A fungus that has an off-white cap when it is young / young but later becomes dingy brown and a stalk of the same color
	Boletus pulcherrimus	A beautiful but poisonous bolete
	Boletus pulverulentus	An edible fungus with a broadly convex blackish brown cap and a pore surface that is yellow when young / young and darkens with age
	Boletus roxanae	A fungus with a rusty red cap and a white pore surface that becomes yellow with age and a pale yellow stalk
	Boletus subvelutipes	A fungus with a velvety stalk and usually a dingy brown cap
	Boletus variipes	An edible (but not choice) fungus found on soil under hardwoods
	Boletus zelleri	An edible and choice fungus that has a brown cap with greenish yellow under surface and a stalk that become dull red with age
	Frost's bolete, Boletus frostii	A fungus with a red cap and a red coarsely reticulate stalk
Broader	fungus genus	Includes lichen genera
Spanish	boletus, genus boletus
Catalan	boletus, genus boletus

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