bōlētus, i, m., = βωλίτης,
the best kind of mushrooms , Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 92; Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 14; Mart. 1, 21; 14, 101; Juv. 14, 8; much valued by the Romans, Mart. 3, 60; 13, 48.—The emperor Claudius is said to have been poisoned by them, Plin. l. l.: Tac. A. 12, 67 dub.; Suet. Claud. 44; Juv. 5, 147.