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Answer for the clue "Any fungus of the family Boletaceae ", 6 letters:
bolete

Word definitions for bolete in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any fungus of the family Boletaceae

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A bolete is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus that is clearly differentiated from the stipe , with a spongy surface of pores (rather than gills ) on the underside of the pileus. "Bolete" is also the English common ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
bolete \bolete\ n. any fungus of the family Boletaceae .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A type of fruiting body produced by certain fungus species in the order Boletales; includes several species of mushrooms that are considered delicious.

Usage examples of bolete.

One winy, plate-sized bolete crouched in a hollow among some aspens, a triple frill of tanpleurotus fringed a half-rotted cottonwood stump, half a dozen white domes of acjaricuspoked through dried pine needles in a clump, gills as pink as flamingo feathers.