"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:41:48 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> I know tree fungus and cloud ears quite well from my days of Chinese
>> cooking. The ones I was looking for are the boletus/porcini I found.
>> The boletus are mostly black. These are the ones I ordered
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/mw7cxdg
>>
>> They are most probably cultivated in Chile as they are not native to
>> South America.
>
> These are a different type of less common "boletus" (which just means
> "mushroom") - technically not a porcini. Porcini is Boletus
> edulis(sp?) and those are B. luteus.
>
> -sw

boletus is a GENUS of mushrooms.