Rubroboletus eastwoodiae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Boletales |
Family: | Boletaceae |
Genus: | Rubroboletus |
Species: | R. eastwoodiae
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Binomial name | |
Rubroboletus eastwoodiae (Murrill) Vasquez, Simonini, Svetash., Mikšík, & Vizzini, 2017
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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.
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]