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Definition of Strobilomyces
1. Noun. Fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Boletaceae, Family Boletaceae
Member holonyms: Old-man-of-the-woods, Strobilomyces Floccopus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strobilomyces
Literary usage of Strobilomyces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Salopian Shreds and Patches (1880)
"... field for investigation and search—many wild plants, ferns, nod fungi, some
of much rarity, being discovered. Amongst these latter were Strobilomyces ..."
2. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1851)
"... swollen below, nearly smooth. Pores large, shorter towards the stem, not free.
Spores globose, dark purple- brown, granulated. Allied to Strobilomyces ..."
3. Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, Etc by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"Strobilomyces ... is said by Peck to occur in the United States, but it is much
more rare. The only dif- FIGURE 174.—Strobilomyces ..."
4. Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and how to Distinguish Them: A Selection by William Hamilton Gibson (1899)
"But the latter species is easily distinguished by its rose-colored spores and
red pore surface. CONE-LIKE- BOLETUS Strobilomyces ..."
5. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1905)
"The specimens of the slime-moulds were meager and in a particularly bad condition
making the determination a matter of difficulty. Strobilomyces ..."