Rubroboletus Kuan Zhao & Zhu L. Yang, Phytotaxa 188(2): 67 (2014)
Index Fungorum number: IF 809235; Mycobank number: MB 809235
Notes – Rubroboletus is a recently erected taxa typified by R. sinicus (W.F. Chiu) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L. Yang (Zhavo et al. 2014). The genus is characterized by a brown, pinkish to reddish pileal surface, an orange-red to the blood-red surface of the hymenophore, yellow tubes, pink to red reticula or spots on the stipe, a blue colour change of tissues when injured, and smooth basidiospores (Zhang et al. 2022). There are edible, medicinal, and poisonous species in the genus Rubroboletus. For the latest updated account of Rubroboletus, see Zhao et al. (2015), and Zhang et al. (2022).
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