Boletus

See also: boletus

Translingual

Boletus edulis

Etymology

From Latin boletus (“porcini (mushroom)”)

Proper noun

Boletus m

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, Boletus sect. Boletus, 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, Boletus retuculatus, Boletus separans and Boletus aereus - selected other species; for other species see List of Boletus species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia and Boletus at MycoBank

Derived terms

Further reading

Boletus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Boletus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Boletus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Boletus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Boletus at Encyclopedia of Life
Boletus at MycoBank

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