nounWord forms: plural -tuses or -ti (-ˌtaɪ)any saprotroph basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Boletus, having a brownish umbrella-shaped cap with spore-bearing tubes in the underside: family Boletaceae. Many species are edible
Word origin
C17: from Latin: variety of mushroom, from Greek
bōlitēs; perhaps related to Greek
bōlos lump