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boletus

[ boh-lee-tuhs ]

noun

plural boletuses, boleti
  1. any mushroomlike fungus of the genus Boletus, having an easily separable layer of tubes on the underside of the cap or pileus.


boletus

/ ²úəʊˈ±ô¾±Ë³ÙÉ™²õ /

noun

  1. 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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of boletus1

1595–1605; < New Latin; Latin ²úűôŧ³Ù³Ü²õ a mushroom
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of boletus1

C17: from Latin: variety of mushroom, from Greek ²úűô¾±³Ùŧ²õ ; perhaps related to Greek ²úűô´Ç²õ lump
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In a fruitful season, common Washington mushrooms include chanterelles, boletus, morels, porcini, lobster mushrooms, Pacific Northwest matsutake and oyster mushrooms.

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Great-grandmother Busia from a village in northern Poland used boletus to give czarnina, duck blood soup, the flavor of the forest.

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In a typical, fruitful season, mushroom varieties commonly found in Washington include chanterelles, boletus, morels, porcini, lobster mushrooms, Pacific Northwest matsutake and oyster mushrooms.

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Last fall, its seven-course menu featured dishes with intriguing combinations of fir, boletus mushroom and sake, or dulse seaweed, lemongrass and galangal, a relative of ginger.

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She stood beside seven buckets of boletus mushrooms, a late season delicacy that she said she scooped up during just a single forest excursion.

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