Rubroboletus
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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 ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]