Rubroboletus
Genus of fungi
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Rubroboletus is a genus of bolete fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was circumscribed by Chinese mycologists in 2014 with Rubroboletus sinicus as the type species. Species are characterized by having a reddish cap surface, yellow tubes on the underside of the cap, and an orange-red to blood-red pore surface. Pinkish to red spots (reticula) are present on the stipe surface, and a bluish color change occurs when the bolete flesh is injured. Rubroboletus mushrooms have an olive-brown spore print, and produce smooth spores.[1] Eight species were included in the original circumscription (seven new combinations and one new species); five were added in 2015,[2][3][4] and another in 2017.
| Rubroboletus | |
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| Rubroboletus satanas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Rubroboletus Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang (2014) |
| Type species | |
| Rubroboletus sinicus (W.F.Chiu) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang (2014) | |
Several species in this genus are poisonous or of completely unknown edibility. Although R. sinicus is sporadically sold in markets in Yunnan, China, it is suspected of being poisonous; further studies are need.[1]
Species
| Image | Name | Year | Edibility | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubroboletus demonensis Vasquez, Simonini, Svetash., Mikšík & Vizzini | 2017 | Southern Europe | ||
 | Rubroboletus dupainii (Boud.) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014
(1902) |
North Carolina, and then from Iowa, Europe | |
_Sacc._&_Trotter_486968.jpg) | Rubroboletus eastwoodiae (Murrill) D.Arora, C.F.Schwarz & J.L.Frank | 2015
(1910) |
 | West Coast of the United States |
| Rubroboletus esculentus Zhao, K., Zhao, H.M. | 2017 |  | Sichuan Province in southwestern China | |
 | Rubroboletus haematinus (Halling) D.Arora & J.L.Frank | 2015
(1976) |
western United States | |
| Rubroboletus latisporus Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014 | China (Yunnan) | ||
 | Rubroboletus legaliae (Pilát & Dermek) Della Maggiora & Trassinelli | 2015
(1969) |
| Southern England, and Europe |
 | Rubroboletus lupinus (Fr.) Costanzo, Gelardi, Simonini & Vizzini | 2015
(1838) |
Europe Mediterranean | |
 | Rubroboletus pulcherrimus (Thiers & Halling) D.Arora, N.Siegel & J.L.Frank | 2015
(1976) |
| United States (New Mexico and California to Washington) |
| Rubroboletus pulchrotinctus (Alessio) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014
(1985) |
central and southern Europe. | ||
_Kuan_Zhao_&_Zhu_L._Yang_740528.jpg) | Rubroboletus rhodosanguineus (Both) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014
(1998) |
North America. | |
 | Rubroboletus rhodoxanthus (Krombh.) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014
¨(1836) |
| southern Europe |
 | Rubroboletus satanas (Lenz) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014
(1831) |
| Europe |
 | Rubroboletus sinicus (W.F.Chiu) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014
(1948) |
China. | |