'BOLETE-LIKE fungi’ refers to cap and stem mushrooms having soft-spongy pores (or gills) that are removable - unlike the tough pore surfaces of most polypores. As a consequence of DNA analysis, numerous fungi in the Boletaceae family have had or will have their genus names changed from ‘Boletus’ to another genus name. Species names are generally retained. For the time being, only boletes related to the type species, Boletus edulis, will retain the genus name ‘Boletus’. Below the new genera and their species are listed alphabetically. To view examples and descriptions of paricular species in this family, click on the names listed.
Aureoboletus auriporus
For basic additional information on the various differences between the genera in the Boletales Order, view the following two presentations from the MYCOLOGY EDUCATION Section of this website:
The BOLETACEAE Family (The Boletes) by Dianna Smith
ATYPICAL ‘BOLETES' IN THE BOLETALES ORDER by Dianna Smith
____auriporus____innixus____roxanae
____gracilis____gracilis var. pulcherrimus
____chrysenteroides____pseudochrysenteroides____russellii
____atkinsonii____auripes____carminiporus____clavipes____gertrudiae
____huronensis____longicurvipes____miniato-olivaceus____miniatopalescens____nobilis
____nobilissimus ____pallidus____pinophilus____pseudo-olivaceus___rubroflammeus ____rufomaculatus____sensibilis ____separans____spadaceus____speciosus____subtomentosus
____subvelutipes____variipes____ vermiculosoides ____vermiculosus
BUTYRIBOLETUS____brunneus___frosti____peckii____roseopurpureus
CALOBOLETUS____calopus____inedulis____roseipes
CHALCIPORUS____piperatoides____piperatus____rubinellus
GYROPORUS____castaneus____cyanescens____cyanescens var. violarinctus____purpurinus
HORTIBOLETUS____campestris____rubellus
LECCINELUM____albellum
LECCINUM____holopus____luteum____potteri____rubropunctum____rugosiceps
____scabrum____snellii____subleucophaeum____variicolor____versipelle____vulpinum
NEOBOLETUS____luridiformis___pseudosulphureus
PHYLLOPORUS____boletinoides____leucomycelinus____rhodoxanthus
PORPHYRELLUS____indecisus____nebulosus
RETIBOLETUS____griseus____ornatipes
RUBROBOLETUS____rhodosanguineus
STROBILOMYCES____confusus____strobilaceus (floccosus)
SUILLUS____acidus____americanus____brevipes____cavipes____granulatus____grevillei
____luteus ____placidus____salmonicolor____spraguei (pictus)
TYLOPILUS____alboater____atronicotianus____badiceps____balloui____felleus____ferrugineus
___plumbeoviolaceus____porphyrosporus____rubrobrunneus____sordidus____variobrunneus
XANTHOCONIUM____affine____purpureum
XEROCOMELLUS____chrysenteron____rubellus (fraternus)
XEROCOMUS____hortonii ____illudens____morrisii____sclerotiorum____tenax