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Noun

bolete (plural boletes)

  • A type of fruiting body produced by certain fungus species in the order Boletales, especially those of genus Boletus, many of which are prized for their flavour; any species of said order that produces such a fruiting body.
    • ✤ The boletes, or fleshy pore fungi, are a conspicuous element of the summer and fall “mushroom” flora of Michigan.1
    • ✤ When gathering boletes and other mushrooms for food, avoid picking from polluted habitats such as along heavily trafficked roads, along railroad tracks or power line clearings, near landfills or roadside litter dumps, and chemically treated lawns.2
    • ✤ Any bolete that matches the traits described above should instantly react with a turquoise color change when a drop of ammonia is placed on the stem. If it doesn’t, you’ve got the wrong mushroom.3

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bōlētus (“edible mushroom”), from Ancient Greek βωλίτης (bōlítēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /boʊˈlit/4
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
  • Rhymes: -iːt

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Footnotes

  1. 1971, Alexander Hanchett Smith, Harry Delbert Thiers, The Boletes of Michigan, University of Michigan Press, page 1: ↩

  2. 2000, Alan E. Bessette, William C. Roody, Arleen R. Bessette, North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms, Syracuse University Press, page 375: ↩

  3. 2009, Joe McFarland, Gregory M. Mueller, Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide, University of Illinois Press, page 128: ↩

  4. “bolete”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. ↩

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