Rubroboletus

Rubroboletus
Rubroboletus satanas
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

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.

Several species in this genus are poisonous. 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 Ediblity Distribution
Rubroboletus dupainii (Boud.) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 North Carolina, and then from Iowa
Rubroboletus eastwoodiae (Murrill) D.Arora, C.F.Schwarz & J.L.Frank 2015 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 western United States
Rubroboletus latisporus Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 China (Yunnan)
Rubroboletus legaliae (Pilát & Dermek) Della Maggiora & Trassinelli 2015 Southern England, and Europe
Rubroboletus lupinus (Fr.) Costanzo, Gelardi, Simonini & Vizzini 2015 Europe Mediterranean
Rubroboletus pulcherrimus (Thiers & Halling) D.Arora, N.Siegel & J.L.Frank 2015 United States (New Mexico and California to Washington)
Rubroboletus pulchrotinctus (Alessio) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 central and southern Europe.
Rubroboletus rhodosanguineus (Both) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 North America.
Rubroboletus rhodoxanthus (Krombh.) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 southern Europe
Rubroboletus rubrosanguineus (Cheype) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 eastern Europe, east to the Caucasus
Rubroboletus satanas (Lenz) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 Europe
Rubroboletus sinicus (W.F.Chiu) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 China.


References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Frank JL. (June 11, 2015). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum (248).
  3. ^ Vizzini A. (March 24, 2015). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum (233).
  4. ^ Della Maggiora M. (June 10, 2015). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum (246).

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