Members of the Boletaceae produce mushrooms with a cap and central stipe, but the underside bears tubes opening as pores, not lamellae. This feature defines the family across its global distribution. The group includes iconic edibles such as Boletus edulis (porcini) and many regionally distinctive genera.

Being ectomycorrhizal, our natives are found in both our Nothofagus and Myrtaceae forest. While others that are introduced are found under exotic trees like oak, birch and pine.

Boletellus is a genus of Boletaceae distinguished by its floccose-scaly caps, ridged (“winged”) spores, and often reddish or yellowish pigments, with a centre of diversity in subtropical regions.

Boletus is a genus of bolete fungi defined by fleshy mushrooms with a poroid hymenophore, a convex to flat cap, a bare stipe, and a mycorrhizal lifestyle. It is the classical bolete genus, historically broad, but now restricted to the porcini group after extensive molecular revision.

Chalciporus are small, ectomycorrhizal fungi, but several species show parasitic or semi-parasitic tendencies. They are a distinctive genus of Boletaceae characterised by red-pink pore surfaces, smooth oval spores, and yellow basal mycelium.