bolete

/boʊˈlidəs/

Other forms: boletes

Definitions of bolete

1. noun

   any fungus of the family Boletaceae
   types:

   Boletus chrysenteron

   a fungus convex cap and a dingy yellow under surface and a dry stalk

   Boletus edulis

   an edible and choice fungus; has a convex cap that is slightly viscid when fresh and moist but soon dries and a thick bulbous tan stalk

   Boletus frostii, Frost's bolete

   a fungus with a red cap and a red coarsely reticulate stalk

   Boletus luridus

   a poisonous fungus with a dingy yellow cap and orange red undersurface and a cylindrical reticulate stalk

   Boletus mirabilis

   a fungus that is edible when young and fresh; has a dark brown convex cap with a yellow to greenish under surface and reddish stalk

   Boletus pallidus

   a fungus that has an off-white cap when it is young but later becomes dingy brown and a stalk of the same color; the under surface of the cap (the tubes) a pale greenish yellow

   Boletus pulcherrimus

   a beautiful but poisonous bolete; has a brown cap with a scarlet pore surface and a thick reticulate stalk

   Boletus pulverulentus

   an edible fungus with a broadly convex blackish brown cap and a pore surface that is yellow when young and darkens with age; stalk is thick and enlarges toward the base

   Boletus roxanae

   a fungus with a rusty red cap and a white pore surface that becomes yellow with age and a pale yellow stalk

   Boletus subvelutipes

   a fungus with a velvety stalk and usually a dingy brown cap; injured areas turn blue instantly

   Boletus variipes

   an edible (but not choice) fungus found on soil under hardwoods; has a dry convex cap with whitish under surface and a reticulate stalk

   Boletus zelleri

   an edible and choice fungus that has a brown cap with greenish yellow under surface and a stalk that become dull red with age

   Fuscoboletinus paluster

   an edible fungus with a pinkish purple cap and stalk and a pore surface that is yellow with large angular pores that become like gills in maturity

   Fuscoboletinus serotinus

   an edible fungus with a broadly convex brown cap and a whitish pore surface and stalk

   Leccinum fibrillosum

   an edible fungus with a dark reddish brown cap and a wide light tan stalk that expands toward the base

   Phylloporus boletinoides

   a fungus with a broadly convex brown cap and pores that extend part way down the stalk

   Suillus albivelatus

   a short squat edible fungus with a reddish brown cap and white stalk; fruits under pines in the spring

   Strobilomyces floccopus, old-man-of-the-woods

   edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America

   Boletellus russellii

   a fungus with a long coarsely shaggy reticulate stalk and a rimose areolate cap surface

   type of:

   fungus

   an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia