Rubroboletus haematinus is a 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 previously to contain other allied reddish colored, blue-staining bolete species. It is found in the western United States.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mountain Satan's Bolete being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Rubroboletus pulcherrimus — considered toxic
- Rubroboletus eastwoodiae
- Butyriboletus abieticola
- Imperator luteocupreus
- Butyriboletus primiregius
- Caloboletus rubripes
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Rubroboletus
- Species
- Rubroboletus haematinus
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