HyperDic: genus_boletus

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Boletus:
NOUNplantgenus Boletus, Boletustype genus of Boletaceae
English > genus Boletus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtype genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi; some poisonous and some edible.
SynonymBoletus
Member ofBoletaceae, family Boletaceaefamily of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other
MembersBoletus chrysenteronA fungus convex cap and a dingy yellow under surface and a dry stalk
Boletus edulisAn edible and choice fungus
Boletus luridusA poisonous fungus with a dingy yellow cap and orange red undersurface and a cylindrical reticulate stalk
Boletus mirabilisA fungus that is edible when young / young and fresh
Boletus pallidusA 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 pulcherrimusA beautiful but poisonous bolete
Boletus pulverulentusAn edible fungus with a broadly convex blackish brown cap and a pore surface that is yellow when young / young and darkens with age
Boletus roxanaeA fungus with a rusty red cap and a white pore surface that becomes yellow with age and a pale yellow stalk
Boletus subvelutipesA fungus with a velvety stalk and usually a dingy brown cap
Boletus variipesAn edible (but not choice) fungus found on soil under hardwoods
Boletus zelleriAn 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 frostiiA fungus with a red cap and a red coarsely reticulate stalk
Broaderfungus genusIncludes lichen genera
Spanishboletus, genus boletus
Catalanboletus, genus boletus

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