Tylopilus is a genus of over 100 species of mycorrhizal bolete fungi separated from "Boletus". "Boletus edulis", as the species epithet "edulis" directly implies, is an edible mushroom. "Boletus edulis" has a cosmopolitan distribution, concentrated in cool-temperate to subtropical regions. "B. edulis" is the type species of the genus "Boletus". It was thus written "Boletus edulis" Bull.&colon;Fr. "Boletus edulis" mushrooms are 9% carbohydrates, 3% fat, and 7% protein (table). "Boletus edulis" grows in some areas where it is not believed to be indigenous. It is often found in the same places as "Boletus edulis". Oribi have been observed feeding on flowers and "Boletus" mushrooms. The following is an incomplete list of some species of the mushroom genus "Boletus". English botanist William Curtis gave the fungus its first binomial name, "Boletus lucidus", in 1781. "Laetiporus sulphureus" was first described as "Boletus sulphureus" by French mycologist Pierre Bulliard in 1789. The distinction between "Boletus" and "Boletellus" is not so clear-cut. The most popular edible ones are various Boletus and Cantharellus. They held it to be related to "Boletus aestivalis".