Rubroboletus
| 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) | |
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 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
[edit]| 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._%26_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_%26_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 rubrosanguineus (Cheype) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014 (1983) | eastern Europe, east to the Caucasus | |
 | Rubroboletus satanas (Lenz) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014 (1831) | | Europe |
 | Rubroboletus sinicus (W.F.Chiu) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang | 2014 (1948) | China. |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Frank JL. (June 11, 2015). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum (248).
- ^ Vizzini A. (March 24, 2015). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum (233).
- ^ Della Maggiora M. (June 10, 2015). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum (246).