Boletus

See also: boletus

Translingual

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, 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

• Afroboletus
• Aureoboletus
• Boletellus
• Corneroboletus
• Sinoboletus
• Tengioboletus

Further reading

• Boletus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boletus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Boletus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Boletus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Boletus at MycoBank