genus Boletus

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Noun

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genus Boletus - type genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi; some poisonous and some edibleBoletusfungus genus - includes lichen generaBoletaceae, family Boletaceae - family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each otherBoletus chrysenteron - a fungus convex cap and a dingy yellow under surface and a dry stalkBoletus edulis - an edible and choice fungus; has a convex cap that is slightly viscid when fresh and moist but soon dries and a thick bulbous tan stalkBoletus frostii, Frost's bolete - a fungus with a red cap and a red coarsely reticulate stalkBoletus luridus - a poisonous fungus with a dingy yellow cap and orange red undersurface and a cylindrical reticulate stalkBoletus mirabilis - a fungus that is edible when young and fresh; has a dark brown convex cap with a yellow to greenish under surface and reddish stalkBoletus pallidus - a fungus that has an off-white cap when it is young but later becomes dingy brown and a stalk of the same color; the under surface of the cap (the tubes) a pale greenish yellowBoletus pulcherrimus - a beautiful but poisonous bolete; has a brown cap with a scarlet pore surface and a thick reticulate stalkBoletus pulverulentus - an edible fungus with a broadly convex blackish brown cap and a pore surface that is yellow when young and darkens with age; stalk is thick and enlarges toward the baseBoletus roxanae - a fungus with a rusty red cap and a white pore surface that becomes yellow with age and a pale yellow stalkBoletus subvelutipes - a fungus with a velvety stalk and usually a dingy brown cap; injured areas turn blue instantlyBoletus variipes - an edible (but not choice) fungus found on soil under hardwoods; has a dry convex cap with whitish under surface and a reticulate stalkBoletus 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