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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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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