12, see text Phlebopus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletinellaceae (suborder Sclerodermatineae of the Boletales order).

[4] The genus was originally described as a subgenus of Boletus by Roger Heim in 1936,[5] and raised to generic status by Rolf Singer that year.

[7] This name was used until 1981, when a specimen of Phlebopus colossus was collected and mycologist Paul Heinemann designated it as the lectotype.

[8] Phlebopus tropicus has been shown to form a crust of mycelium around the roots of species of Citrus in Brazil, covering colonies of the comstock mealybug Pseudococcus comstocki which attack the roots of these plants after they have been carried there by ants (Solenopsis saevissima var.

[8] Phlebopus portentosus and P. spongiosus are popular edible mushrooms in the cuisine of northern Thailand.