''Rubroboletus'' is a

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of bolete

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in the family Boletaceae. It was

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by Chinese mycologists in 2014 with '' Rubroboletus sinicus'' as the

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. 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. Eight species were included in the original circumscription (seven

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and one new species); five were added in 2015, and another in 2017. Although ''R. sinicus'' is sold in markets in Yunnan, China, the whole genus is usually deemed poisonous.

Species

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Rubroboletus dupainii ''Rubroboletus dupainii'', commonly known as Dupain's bolete, is a bolete fungus of the genus ''Rubroboletus''. It is native to Europe, where it is threatened, and red listed in six countries. It also occurs in North America, although it is rare ...

'' (Boud.) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 * Mycomorphbox Poison

Rubroboletus eastwoodiae ''Rubroboletus eastwoodiae'', or satan's bolete, is a toxic basidiomycete fungus of the bolete family. It occurs on the West Coast of the United States. It is closely related to ''Rubroboletus pulcherrimus''. The mushroom turns blue with bruis ...

'' (Murrill) D.Arora, C.F.Schwarz & J.L.Frank 2015 *'' Rubroboletus esculentus'' Zhao, K., Zhao, H.M. 2017 *''

Rubroboletus haematinus ''Rubroboletus haematinus'' is a bolete fungus of the genus ''Rubroboletus''. First described scientifically in 1976 by Roy Halling as a species of ''Boletus'', in 2015 it was transferred to ''Rubroboletus'', a genus circumscribed the year previ ...

'' (Halling) D.Arora & J.L.Frank 2015 *'' Rubroboletus latisporus'' Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 * Mycomorphbox Poison

Rubroboletus legaliae ''Rubroboletus legaliae'', previously known as ''Boletus splendidus'', ''B. satanoides'', and ''B. legaliae'' is a basidiomycete fungus of the family Boletaceae. It is poisonous, with predominantly gastrointestinal symptoms, and is re ...

'' (Pilát & Dermek) Della Maggiora & Trassinelli 2015 *''

Rubroboletus lupinus ''Rubroboletus lupinus'', commonly known as the wolf bolete, is a bolete fungus of the genus ''Rubroboletus''. Originally described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1838 as species of ''Boletus'', it was transferred to ''Rubroboletus'' in 2015, a genus ...

'' (Fr.) Costanzo, Gelardi, Simonini & Vizzini 2015 * Mycomorphbox Poison

Rubroboletus pulcherrimus ''Rubroboletus pulcherrimus''—known as ''Boletus pulcherrimus'' until 2015—is a species of mushroom in the family Boletaceae. It is a large bolete from Western North America with distinguishing features that include a netted surface on the ...

'' (Thiers & Halling) D.Arora, N.Siegel & J.L.Frank 2015 *''

Rubroboletus pulchrotinctus ''Rubroboletus pulchrotinctus'' is a rare bolete fungus in the genus ''Rubroboletus'', native to central and southern Europe. It was originally described in genus ''Boletus'' by Italian mycologist Carlo Luciano Alessio in 1985, but subsequently ...

'' (Alessio) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 *'' Rubroboletus rhodosanguineus'' (Both) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 * Mycomorphbox Poison

Rubroboletus rhodoxanthus ''Rubroboletus rhodoxanthus'' is a species of bolete in the family Boletaceae, native to Europe. Previously known as ''Boletus rhodoxanthus'', it was transferred in 2014 to the newly erected genus '' Rubroboletus'', based on DNA data. It prod ...

'' (Krombh.) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 *'' Rubroboletus rubrosanguineus'' (Cheype) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 * Mycomorphbox Poison

Rubroboletus satanas ''Rubroboletus satanas'', commonly known as Satan's bolete or the Devil's bolete, is a basidiomycete fungus of the bolete family (Boletaceae) and one of its most infamous members. It was known as ''Boletus satanas'' before its transfer to the ...

'' (Lenz) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014 *'' Rubroboletus sinicus'' (W.F.Chiu) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang 2014

References

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q19299411 Boletales genera