boletus

[ boh-lee-tuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural bo·le·tus·es, bo·le·ti [boh-, lee, -tahy].

any mushroomlike fungus of the genus Boletus, having an easily separable layer of tubes on the underside of the cap or pileus.

boletus

/ bəʊˈliːtəs /

any saprotroph basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Boletus , having a brownish umbrella-shaped cap with spore-bearing tubes in the underside: family Boletaceae . Many species are edible

Origin of boletus¹

1595–1605; < New Latin; Latin bōlētus a mushroom

Origin of boletus¹

C17: from Latin: variety of mushroom, from Greek bōlitēs ; perhaps related to Greek bōlos lump

But the most frequent fungus is the big brown Boletus, in size varying from a small bun to a dinner-plate.

And why eat doubtful Boletus when one can have the delicious Chantarelle (Cantharellus cibarius), also now at its best?

The substance is fleshy in Boletus, but in Polyporus the greater number of species are leathery or corky, and more persistent.

A species of boletus or fungus, which grows in dunghills; with the salts of iron it affords a black dye.

In this state the boletus is a valuable substance for stopping oozing hemorrhages, and some other surgical purposes.

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