Rubroboletus eastwoodiae

Rubroboletus eastwoodiae, 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

It looks similar but is not conspecific with the European species Rubroboletus satanas.[2]

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