boletus variipes

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   an edible (but not choice) fungus found on soil under hardwoods; has a dry convex cap with whitish under surface and a reticulate stalk

   Broaderbolete

   Part ofBoletus

Questions about boletus variipes

What does boletus variipes mean?

boletus variipes means "an edible (but not choice) fungus found on soil under hardwoods; has a dry convex cap with whitish under surface and a reticulate stalk".

Is boletus variipes a common word?

boletus variipes 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.