boletus edulis

1. 1.

   an edible and choice fungus; has a convex cap that is slightly viscid when fresh and moist but soon dries and a thick bulbous tan stalk

   Broaderbolete

   Part ofBoletus

Questions about boletus edulis

What does boletus edulis mean?

boletus edulis means "an edible and choice fungus; has a convex cap that is slightly viscid when fresh and moist but soon dries and a thick bulbous tan stalk".

Is boletus edulis a common word?

boletus edulis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.