Boletus
See also: boletus
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin boletus (“porcini (mushroom)”).
Proper noun
Boletus m
- 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
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