genus boletus

Noun
  1. Type genus of Boletaceae;
    Genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi;
    Some poisonous and some edible (synset 113075769)
    is a type of: fungus genus - includes lichen genera
    member holonym:
    • boletus chrysenteron - a fungus convex cap and a dingy yellow under surface and a dry stalk
    • boletus 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 stalk
    • boletus frostii, frost's bolete - a fungus with a red cap and a red coarsely reticulate stalk
    • 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 and fresh; has a dark brown convex cap with a yellow to greenish under surface and reddish stalk
    • boletus 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 yellow
    • boletus pulcherrimus - a beautiful but poisonous bolete; has a brown cap with a scarlet pore surface and a thick reticulate stalk
    • boletus 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 base
    • 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; injured areas turn blue instantly
    • boletus variipes - an edible (but not choice) fungus found on soil under hardwoods; has a dry convex cap with whitish under surface and a reticulate stalk
    • 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
    belongs to: boletaceae, family boletaceae - family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other
    same as: boletus

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