Rubroboletus rhodosanguineus

Rubroboletus rhodosanguineus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Rubroboletus
Species:	R. rhodosanguineus
Binomial name
Rubroboletus rhodosanguineus (Both) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang (2014)
Synonyms[1]
Boletus rhodosanguineus Both (1998)

Rubroboletus rhodosanguineus Mycological characteristics
	Pores on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium is adnate
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is olive-brown
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is unknown

Rubroboletus rhodosanguineus is a fungus of the genus Rubroboletus native to North America. It was described scientifically by mycologist Ernst Both in 1998.[2] It was transferred from Boletus to the new genus Rubroboletus in 2014, along with several other allied reddish colored, blue-staining bolete species.[3]

See also

• List of North American boletes

References

1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Boletus rhodosanguineus Both". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
2. Both EE. (1998). "New taxa of boletes and two boletes with identity problems". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 36: 215–32.
3. Zhao K, Wu G, Yang ZL. "A new genus, Rubroboletus, to accommodate Boletus sinicus and its allies". Phytotaxa. 188 (2): 61–77. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.188.2.1.

External links

• Rubroboletus rhodosanguineus in Index Fungorum