Boletus

See also: boletus

Translingual

Boletus edulis

Etymology

From Latin boletus (“porcini (mushroom)”)

Proper noun

Boletus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Boletaceae – boletes.

Usage notes

• Formerly included all mushrooms with pores
• Current circumscription is paraphyletic, including many hundreds of mushrooms
• A monophyletic grouping, , contains about a hundred species

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Basidiomycota – phylum; Agaricomycotina - subphylum; Agaricomycetes - class; Agaricomycetidae - subclass; Boletales - order; Boletaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Boletus edulis - type species; Boletus pinophilus, , and  - selected other species; for other species see List of Boletus species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia and

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Further reading

• Boletus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boletus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Boletus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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