he fleshy fungi bearing pores, whose spores are produced in on a hymenium lining the inside of tubes, rather than on gills. The mouths of the tubes appear as pores on the underside of the cap. Also known as "sponge mushrooms".

The common name for soft textured fungi which generally have pores instead of gills

a mushroom with a cap and stalk that has a series of small pores on the underside of the cap, instead of gills

A group of fungi having tubes rather than Gills beneath the Cap

A bolete is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus that is clearly differentiated from the stipe, with a spongy surface of pores (rather than gills) on the underside of the pileus. "Bolete" is also the English common name for fungal species having this kind of morphology.