Boletaceae

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{{Taxobox | color = lightblue | name = Boletaceae | image = Boletus edulis EtgHollande 041031 091.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Cep, Boletus edulis | regnum = Fungi | divisio = Basidiomycota | classis = Homobasidiomycetes | ordo = Boletales | familia = Boletaceae | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision =    Accomodates
   Aureoboletus
   Austroboletus
   Boletellus
   Boletochaete
   Boletus
   Chalciporus
   Chamonixia
   Fistulinella
   Fuscoboletinus
   Gastroboletus
   Gyrodon
   Gyroporus
   Heimioporus
   Leccinellum
   Leccinum
   Mucilopilus
   Paragyrodon
   Phlebopus
   Phylloboletellus
   Phylloporus
   Pulveroboletus
   Retiboletus
   Rhizopogon
   Sinoboletus
   Strobilomyces
   Suillus
   Tuboseta
   Tylopilus
   Veloporphyrellus
   Xanthoconium
   Xerocomus }}

Boletaceae or Boletes are mushrooms characterized by holding their spores in small pores on the underside of the mushroom, instead of gills (as are found in agarics). Nearly as widely distributed as agarics, they include the Cep or King Bolete (Boletus edulis), much sought after by mushroom hunters.

Boletes are a relatively safe group of mushrooms for human consumption (none are known to be deadly to adults), provided that one:

1. Eats only young specimens
2. Avoids mushrooms with red or orange pore surfaces
3. Avoids those that stain or bruise blue to green (a common trait)
4. Avoids all Leccinium species with an orange cap

Two of the best common edible boletus however are the bay bolete, whose gills bruise blue-green, and the orange birch bolete, which is a Leccinum (not Leccinium) with an orange cap and which bruises a bluish grey. Image:Boletus satanas.JPG

Note that to be safe, a positive identification should always still be made before consumption. Additionally, just because something is edible doesn't mean that it should be eaten, or will taste good at all.de:Röhrlinge fi:Tatit fr:Bolet it:Boletus lt:Baravykiniai nl:Boletaceae pl:Borowikowate