bolete

/boʊˈlidəs/
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Other forms: boletes

Definitions of bolete
  1. noun
    any fungus of the family Boletaceae
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    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
    Fuscoboletinus paluster
    an edible fungus with a pinkish purple cap and stalk and a pore surface that is yellow with large angular pores that become like gills in maturity
    Fuscoboletinus serotinus
    an edible fungus with a broadly convex brown cap and a whitish pore surface and stalk
    Leccinum fibrillosum
    an edible fungus with a dark reddish brown cap and a wide light tan stalk that expands toward the base
    Phylloporus boletinoides
    a fungus with a broadly convex brown cap and pores that extend part way down the stalk
    Suillus albivelatus
    a short squat edible fungus with a reddish brown cap and white stalk; fruits under pines in the spring
    Strobilomyces floccopus, old-man-of-the-woods
    edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America
    Boletellus russellii
    a fungus with a long coarsely shaggy reticulate stalk and a rimose areolate cap surface
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    fungus
    an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
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