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noun - type genus of Boletaceae
noun - any of a major group of lower plants
BOLETUS - Boletus is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi, comprising over 100 species. The genus Boletus was originally broadly defined and described by Carl L...
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| Type of mushroom |
| An edible mushroom |
| Fungi |
| Fungus you found in France in tree trunks |
| Nothing permitted in public transport is 1 |
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| A fungus of the genus Boletus, having an umbrella-shaped cap with spore-bearing tubules on the underside and including both edible and poisonous species. |
| type genus of Boletaceae genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi some poisonous and some edible |
| A toadstool with pores rather than gills on the underside of the cap, typically having a thick stem. |
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| Boletus is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi, comprising over 100 species. The genus Boletus was originally broadly defined and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, essentially containing all fungi with pores. Since then, other genera have been defined gradually, such as Tylopilus by Petter Adolf Karsten in 1881, and old names such as Leccinum have been resurrected or redefined. Some mushrooms listed in older books as members of the genus have now been placed in separate genera. These include such as Boletus scaber, now Leccinum scabrum, Tylopilus felleus, Chalciporus piperatus and Suillus luteus. More recently, Boletus has been found to be massively polyphyletic, with only a small percentage of the over 300 species that have been assigned to Boletus actually belonging there and necessitating the description and resurrection of many more genera.The name is derived from the Latin term bltus 'mushroom' from the Ancient Greek , blits, ultimately from , blos 'lump' or 'clod'. However, the |