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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Boletaceae — a kind ofbolete mushroom.
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For example the vascular epiphyte (Tillandsia usneoides) is extracted for Christmas ornamental purposes in Mexico, and a large variety of mushrooms in pine-oak forests, including species in the genera Amanita, Leccinum, Russula, and Boletus, are extracted for culinary use.
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