Boletus, genus Boletus

type genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi; some poisonous and some edible

• fungus genus — includes lichen genera

• Boletus chrysenteron — a fungus convex cap and a dingy yellow under surface and a dry stalk
• Boletus edulis — a 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
• Frost's bolete, Boletus frostii — 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

• Boletaceae, family Boletaceae — family of pore-bearing fleshy fungi having the spores easily separating from the cup and often from each other