''Rubroboletus haematinus'' is a
bolete
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A bolete is a type of mushroom, or fungal fruiting body. It can be identified thanks to a unique mushroom cap. The cap is clearly different from the stem. On the underside of the cap there is usually a spongy surfa ...
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 tubes ...
''. First
described scientifically in 1976 by
Roy Halling Roy Edward Halling (born December 31, 1950, in Perry, Iowa) is an American mycologist.
Halling specializes in the study of mushroom-forming fungi, especially the taxonomy, ecology, and systematics of the Boletineae, a suborder of the Boletales, and ...
as a species of ''
Boletus
''Boletus'' is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi, comprising over 100 species. The genus ''Boletus'' was originally broadly defined and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, essentially containing all fungi with hymenial pores instead of gil ...
'',
in 2015 it was transferred to ''
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 tubes ...
'',
a genus
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
the year previously to contain other allied reddish colored, blue-staining bolete species.
It is found in the western United States.
See also
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List of North American boletes __NOTOC__
This is a list of bolete species found in North America.
Bolding of the species name, and an asterisk (*) following indicate the species is the type species of that genus.
''Aureoboletus''
*'' Aureoboletus auriporus''
*'' Aureoboletus ...
References
External links
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Fungi described in 1976
Fungi of the United States
haematinus
Fungi without expected TNC conservation status
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