bolete

noun

bo·​lete bō-ˈlēt 

: any of a family (Boletaceae) of fleshy stalked pore fungi that usually grow on the ground in wooded areas

especially : boletus

Examples of bolete in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The king bolete grows in deciduous and coniferous forests throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and in southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil, where it has been introduced. —Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 11 May 2023

In the Cascade Mountains, porcinis (aka king boletes) and matsutakes (aka pine mushroom) are poking up earlier than normal too. —oregonlive.com, 11 Aug. 2019

Pick huckleberries on site for your breakfast pancakes, and hunt for dinner plate-sized king bolete (porcini) mushrooms for your stroganoff dinner. —idahostatesman, 24 May 2016

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin Boletus, a genus name (Linnaeus), going back to Latin bōlētus "mushroom," of obscure origin

Note: The word bōlētus is unknown before imperial Latin (the more general older word for a mushroom being fungus, first attested in Plautus). Greek bōlḗtēs, bōlítēs, attested even later (Athenaeus), is most likely a loan from Latin, with no connection to bôlos "lump, clod."

First Known Use

circa 1821, in the meaning defined above