Boletus
{{Short description|Genus of fungus}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Boletus edulis1.jpg
| image_caption = Boletus edulis
| taxon = Boletus
| authority = L. (1753)
| type_species = Boletus edulis
| type_species_authority = Bull. (1782)
| diversity = over 100 species
| diversity_link = List of Boletus species
| synonyms =
- Suillus P.Micheli ex Adans. (1763)
- Tubiporus P.Karst. (1881)
- Suillus Haller ex Kuntze (1898)
- Oedipus Bataille (1908)
- Ceriomyces Murrill (1909)
- Xerocomopsis Reichert (1940)
- Notholepiota E.Horak (1971)
}}
{{mycomorphbox
| name = Boletus
| hymeniumType = pores
| capShape = convex
| capShape2 = flat
| whichGills = adnate
| stipeCharacter = bare
| ecologicalType = mycorrhizal
}}
Boletus is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi, comprising over 100 species. The genus Boletus was originally broadly defined and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, essentially containing all fungi with hymenial pores instead of gills. Since then, other genera have been defined gradually, such as Tylopilus by Petter Adolf Karsten in 1881, and old names such as Leccinum have been resurrected or redefined. Some mushrooms listed in older books as members of the genus have now been placed in separate genera. These include such as Boletus scaber, now Leccinum scabrum, Tylopilus felleus, Chalciporus piperatus and Suillus luteus. Most boletes have been found to be ectomycorrhizal fungi, which means that they form a mutualistic relationship with the roots system of certain kinds of plants.{{Cite web|title=Boletus edulis, Cep, Penny Bun Bolete mushroom|url=https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/boletus-edulis.php|website=www.first-nature.com|access-date=2020-05-18}} More recently, Boletus has been found to be massively polyphyletic, with only a small percentage of the over 300 species that have been assigned to Boletus actually belonging there and necessitating the description and resurrection of many more genera.
The name is derived from the Latin term bōlētus 'mushroom' from the Ancient Greek {{lang|grc|βωλίτης}}, {{Transliteration|grc|bōlitēs}},{{cite book | last = Simpson | first = D.P. | title = Cassell's Latin Dictionary | publisher = Cassell Ltd. | date = 1979 | edition = 5 | location = London | isbn = 0-304-52257-0 | page = 883}} ultimately from {{lang|grc|βῶλος}}, {{Transliteration|grc|bōlos}} 'lump' or 'clod'.{{cite book | author = Liddell, Henry George and Robert Scott | year = 1980 | title = A Greek-English Lexicon | title-link = A Greek-English Lexicon | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = United Kingdom | isbn = 0-19-910207-4| edition = Abridged }} However, the {{lang|grc|βωλίτης}} of Galen is thought to have been the much prized Amanita caesarea.{{cite book | author = Ramsbottom J | year = 1953 | title = Mushrooms & Toadstools | publisher = Collins | isbn = 1-870630-09-2 |page=6}}
Phylogenetic tree of ''Boletus''
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|1=B. barrowsii Thiers & A.H.Sm. 1976
|2=B. viscidiceps B.Feng, Y.Y.Cui, J.P.Xu & Zhu L.Yang 2015
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|1=B. bainiugan Dentinger 2013
|2=B. meiweiniuganjun Dentinger 2013
|3=B. reticulatus Schaeff. 1774
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|2={{clade
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|1=B. nobilissimus Both & R.Riedel 2000
|2=B. quercophilus Halling & G.M.Muell. 1999
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|2={{clade
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|1=B. umbrinipileus B.Feng, Y.Y.Cui, J.P.Xu & Zhu L.Yang 2015
|2=B. monilifer B.Feng, Y.Y.Cui, J.P.Xu & Zhu L.Yang 2015
|3=B. botryoides B.Feng, Y.Y.Cui, J.P.Xu & Zhu L.Yang 2015
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|1=B. fagacicola B.Feng, Y.Y.Cui, J.P.Xu & Zhu L.Yang 2015
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|1=B. sinoedulis B.Feng, Y.Y.Cui, J.P.Xu & Zhu L.Yang 2015
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|1=B. reticuloceps (M.Zang, M.S.Yuan & M.Q.Gong 1993) Q.B.Wang & Y.J.Yao 2005
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|2=B. rubriceps D.Arora & J.L.Frank 2014
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|1=B. rex-veris D.Arora & Simonini 2008
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|2={{clade
|1=B. pinophilus Pilát & Dermek 1973
|2={{clade
|1=B. subalpinus (Trappe & Thiers 1969) Nuhn, Manfr.Binder, A.F.S.Taylor, Halling & Hibbett 2013
|2=B. regineus D.Arora & Simonini 2008
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|3=B. subcaerulescens (E.A.Dick & Snell 1965) Both, Bessette & A.R.Bessette 2000
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|2=B. austroedulis Halling & N.A.Fechner 2014
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|1=B. tylopilopsis B.Feng, Y.Y.Cui, J.P.Xu & Zhu L.Yang 2015
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|2={{clade
|1=B. violaceofuscus W.F.Chiu 1948
|2=B. separans =Xanthoconium separans (Peck 1873) Halling & Both 1998
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|2=B. subviolaceofuscus B.Feng, Y.Y.Cui, J.P.Xu & Zhu L.Yang 2015
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|2=B. semigastroideus Nuhn, Manfr.Binder, A.F.S.Taylor, Halling & Hibbett 2013
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|2=B. orientialbus N.K.Zeng & Zhu L.Yang 2014
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|2=B. albobrunnescens Desjardin, Dentinger & D.Arora 2014
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|2=B. pallidus= Imleria pallida (Frost 1873) A.Farid, A.R.Franck & J.Bolin 2020
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Edibility
The genus Boletus contains many members which are edible, such as Boletus edulis, Boletus aereus and Boletus barrowsii.
Boletes with red pores may be toxic.{{Cite book|last1=Davis|first1=R. Michael|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/797915861|title=Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America|last2=Sommer|first2=Robert|last3=Menge|first3=John A.|publisher=University of California Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-520-95360-4|location=Berkeley|pages=29|oclc=797915861}}
See also
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- Bolete eater, a fungal parasite of various Boletus species
- List of Boletus species
References
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External links
- {{Commons-inline|2=Boletus}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Boletus|Boletus}}
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