Bot. [a. L. bōlētus a mushroom, ad. Gr. βωλίτης of same meaning, perh. f. βῶλος lump.] A large genus of fungi, having the under surface of the pileus full of pores, instead of gills as in Agaricus.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 133. Glaucias … affirmeth, That the Mushromes Boleti be good for the stomacke.
1832. Veg. Subst. Food, 336. Many species of fungi are … considered edible…. A species of boletus is raised by the Italians.
1862. W. Coleman, Woodlands, 32. On very old trees … a massive fungus as large as a child’s head, called the Birch Boletus.
