Boletaceae Chevallier 1828.
Boletaceae Chevall. is the largest family of fleshy fungi in order Boletales. The members of the family Boletaceae are important both ecologically and economically due to their edibility and formation of ectomycorrhizal associations involving tree roots. Primarily characterised by the fruiting structures bear pores rather than gills (as in the Agaricales). The typical members of the family are commonly known as Boletes. Boletes are a reasonably safe group of mushrooms for human consumption, as none of them are known to be deadly to adults. Some boletes are toxic and may cause gastrointestinal poisoning if consumed, but these are unlikely to be confused with popular edible species in the family. Molecular phylogenetic analyses have redefined the understanding of the Boletaceae. Once considered to consist of only a few genera. In the 4th edition of Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy, included 26 genera in Boletaceae (Singer 1986). In the 10th edition of Dictionary of the Fungi, 35 Boletaceae genera were recognized (Kirk et al. (2008). Binder and Hibbett (2006) recognised 38 genera within the family, many of which had remained at the time undescribed. Recently, the Boletaceae has now increased to over 90 genera (Yang 2011, Nuhn et al. 2013, Wu et al. 2014, 2016, He et al. 2019). Still, there are many new clades recognized in that work which need further examination.