Rubroboletus eastwoodiae

Rubroboletus eastwoodiae, or satan's bolete,[2] 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.

Rubroboletus eastwoodiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Rubroboletus
Species:
R. eastwoodiae
Binomial name
Rubroboletus eastwoodiae
(Murrill) Vasquez, Simonini, Svetash., Mikšík, & Vizzini, 2017
Synonyms[1]
  • Suillellus eastwoodiae Murrill, 1910
  • Boletus eastwoodiae (Murrill) Sacc. & Trotter, 1912
  • Tubiporus eastwoodiae (Murrill) S. Imai, 1968
  • Rubroboletus eastwoodiae (Murrill) D. Arora, C.F. Schwarz, 2015

The mushroom turns blue with bruising.[3] The cap is 10–25 cm wide, convex, olive-colored, pinkish in age, dry, has margin that curves inward then expands, and yellowish flesh.[3] The stalk is 7–15 cm tall and 3–6 cm wide.[3] The spores are olive-brown, elliptical, and smooth.[3] It may be poisonous.[3]

It looks similar but is not conspecific with the European species Rubroboletus satanas.[2] It is also similar to Boletus pulcherrimus and B. amygdalinus.[3]

References
  1. "Record Details: Rubroboletus eastwoodiae (Murrill) Vasquez, Simonini, Svetash., Mikšík & Vizzini". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  2. Mykoweb.com: Rubroboletus eastwoodiae
  3. Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 321. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
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