Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Boletus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boletus \Bo*le"tus\, n. [L. boletus, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap
composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are
edible, and others very poisonous.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Boletus
n : type genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore
fungi; some poisonous and some edible [syn: {Boletus}, {genus
Boletus}]
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