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boletuses

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bo⋅le⋅tus

  [boh-lee-tuhs]
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–noun, plural -tus⋅es, -ti  [-tahy] .
any mushroomlike fungus of the genus Boletus, having an easily separable layer of tubes on the underside of the cap or pileus.
Origin:
1595–1605; < NL; L bōlētus a mushroom
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bo·le·tus   (bō-lē'təs)   
n.   pl. bo·le·tus·es or bo·le·ti (-tī')
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.

[Latin bōlētus, mushroom.]
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