Boletus


any mushroomlike fungus of the genus Boletus, having an easily separable layer of tubes on the underside of the cap or pileus.
Historical Examples

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise M. E. Hard
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise M. E. Hard
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise M. E. Hard
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson
Lachesis Lapponica Carl von Linn
Mushroom Culture W. Robinson
The Lucky Piece Albert Bigelow Paine

noun (pl) -tuses, -ti (-ˌtaɪ)
any saprotroph basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Boletus, having a brownish umbrella-shaped cap with spore-bearing tubes in the underside: family Boletaceae. Many species are edible

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