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Powdery boletes
1 species
Boletes whose cap and stem are covered by a conspicuous sulphur-yellow powdery tomentum, possibly the remains of a universal veil. Described by Murrill in 1909; about 41 species, cosmopolitan.
Veil: sulphur-yellow and powdery. Stem: annulate, not reticulate. Tubes: yellowish, attached. Spores: brown.
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