''Caloboletus'' is a fungal genus in the family Boletaceae. It was

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by Italian mycologist Alfredo Vizzini with ''

Caloboletus calopus ''Caloboletus calopus'', common name, commonly known as the bitter beech bolete or scarlet-stemmed bolete, is a fungus of the Boletaceae, bolete family, found in Asia, Northern Europe and North America. Appearing in coniferous forest, conifero ...

'' as the type species. The erection of ''Caloboletus'' follows recent

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studies that outlined a new phylogenetic framework for the Boletaceae. ''

Boletus peckii ''Butyriboletus peckii'' is a fungus of the genus ''Butyriboletus'' native to eastern North America. It was first described by Charles Christopher Frost in 1878. Until 2014, it was known as ''Boletus peckii''. Recent changes in the phylogenetic ...

'' was also transferred to this genus by Vizzini, but was subsequently moved to the genus ''

Butyriboletus ''Butyriboletus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 2014 by mycologists David Arora and Jonathan L. Frank to accommodate "butter bolete" species that were shown by molecular phylogenetics, molecular anal ...

'' based on molecular evidence. The generic name ''Caloboletus'', derived from the Greek ''calos'' "nice", refers to the attractive red coloring of the stipe.

Species

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'' (Pers.) Vizzini (2014) *'' Caloboletus conifericola'' Vizzini (2014) *'' Caloboletus firmus'' (Frost) Vizzini (2014) *'' Caloboletus frustosus'' (Snell & E.A.Dick) D.Arora & J.L.Frank (2014) *''

Caloboletus guanyui ''Caloboletus'' is a fungal genus in the family Boletaceae. It was circumscribed by Italian mycologist Alfredo Vizzini with ''Caloboletus calopus'' as the type species. The erection of ''Caloboletus'' follows recent molecular studies that outl ...

'' N.K. Zeng, H. Chai & S. Jiang (2019) *'' Caloboletus inedulis'' (Murrill) Vizzini (2014) *'' Caloboletus kluzakii'' (Šutara & Špinar) Vizzini (2014) *'' Caloboletus marshii'' D.Arora, C.F.Schwarz & J.L.Frank (2014) – United States *'' Caloboletus panniformis'' (Taneyama & Har.Takah.) Vizzini (2014) *'' Caloboletus polygonius'' (A.E.Hills & Vassiliades) Vizzini (2014) *''

Caloboletus radicans ''Caloboletus radicans'', also known as the rooting bolete or whitish bolete, is a large ectomycorrhizal fungus found in Europe under broad-leaved trees, fruiting during the summer and autumn months. It has a pale buff or greyish-white cap, yel ...

'' (Pers.) Vizzini (2014) *'' Caloboletus roseipes'' (Bessette, Both & A.R.Bessette) Vizzini (2014) *'' Caloboletus rubripes'' (Thiers) Vizzini (2014) *'' Caloboletus xiangtoushanensis'' Ming Zhang, T.H. Li & X.J. Zhong (2017) *''

Caloboletus yunnanensis ''Caloboletus yunnanensis'' is a bolete fungus native to Yunnan province in China, where it grows under '' Pinus yunnanensis''. References External links * yunnanensis Fungi described in 2014 Fungi of China Fungus species {{Bolet ...

'' Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang (2014)

References

Boletales genera {{Boletales-stub