Rubroboletus haematinus ) D. Arora & J.L. Frank
IndexFungorum No. 248: 1. 2015.
Common Name: none
Basionym: Boletus haematinus Halling (Protologue)
For descriptions see Castellano et al., Siegel et al., & Thiers & Halling & 'California Mushrooms'.
Scattered to gregarious under red fir (Abies magnifica) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains; fruiting in the fall, rarely in the spring.
Unknown.
This bolete can be distinquished by blue-staining, bright yellow pores that turn red as it matures (except at the pileus margin, which remain yellow) and its association with red fir.
Bessette, A.E., Roody, W.C. & Bessette, A.R. (2000). North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms. Syracuse University Press: Syracuse, NY. 400 p.
Castellano, M.A., Smith, J.E., O'Dell, T., Cázares, E. & Nugent, S. (1999). Handbook to Strategy 1 Fungal Species in the Northwest Forest Plan. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: Portland, OR. 195 p. (PDF)
Desjardin, D.E., Wood, M.G. & Stevens, F.A. (2015). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press: Portland, OR. 560 p.
Frank, J.L. (2015). Nomenclatural novelties. Index Fungorum no. 248: 1. (PDF)
Siegel, N., Vellinga, E.C., Schwarz, C., Castellano, M.A. & Ikeda, D. (2019). A Field Guide to the Rare Fungi of California's National Forests. Bookmobile: Minneapolis, MN. 313 p. (PDF)
Thiers, H.D. & Halling, R.E. (1976). California Boletes V. Two new species of Boletus. Mycologia 68: 976-983.
(Protologue)
