''Rubroboletus dupainii'', commonly known as Dupain's bolete, is a bolete fungus of the genus ''

Rubroboletus ''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 tub ...

''. 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 there. It was first recorded from North Carolina, and then from Iowa in 2009. It was reported from Belize in 2007, growing under ''

Quercus peduncularis ''Quercus peduncularis'' is an oak native to Mexico and Central America, ranging from Jalisco to Honduras.

'' and other oaks. The bolete was first described scientifically by French mycologist Jean Louis Émile Boudier in 1902. It was transferred to the new genus ''

'' in 2014 along with several other allied reddish colored, blue-staining bolete species. Phylogenetically, ''R. dupainii'' is the sister species of ''

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 ...

''.

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* dupainii Fungi described in 1902 Fungi of Europe Fungi of North America {{Boletales-stub

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