Rubroboletus pulchrotinctus

Rubroboletus pulchrotinctus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Rubroboletus
Species:	R. pulchrotinctus
Binomial name
Rubroboletus pulchrotinctus (Alessio) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L.Yang (2014)
Synonyms
Boletus pulchrotinctus Alessio (1985) Suillellus pulchrotinctus(Alessio) Blanco-Dios (2015) Boletus pseudofechtneriCetto, nom. prov. (inval.), 1983 Boletus cicognaniiUbaldi (1986)

Rubroboletus pulchrotinctus is a rare bolete fungus in the genus Rubroboletus , native to central and southern Europe. It was originally described in genus Boletus by Italian mycologist Carlo Luciano Alessio in 1985, ^[1] but subsequently transferred to genus Rubroboletus by Zhao and colleagues (2015), on the basis of molecular evidence. ^[2] Phylogenetically, R. pulchrotinctus is the sister-species of the better known Rubroboletus satanas , with which it shares several morphological features. ^[3]

Rubroboletus pulchrotinctus forms ectomycorrhizal associations with several members of the Fagaceae, particularly species of oak species ( Quercus ). ^{[4] [3]}

It is known from Spain, ^[5] France, ^[6] Italy ^[7] and Greece, ^[8] as well as the Balkan and Crimean Peninsulas. ^{[9] [10]} In the eastern Mediterranean region, its distribution extends as south as Israel, where it is found in Mount Carmel National Park and Beit Oren growing under the Palestine oak ( Quercus calliprinos ) ^[11] and the island of Cyprus, where it is found under the endemic golden oak ( Quercus alnifolia ). ^[3]

References

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2. Zhao K, Wu G, Yang ZL. (2014). A new genus, Rubroboletus, to accommodate Boletus sinicus and its allies. Phytotaxa. 188(2): 61-77.
3. Loizides M, Bellanger JM, Assyov B, Moreau PA, Richard F (2019). "Present status and future of boletoid fungi (Boletaceae) on the island of Cyprus: cryptic and threatened diversity unraveled by 10-year study". Fungal Ecology. 41 (13): 65–81. doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2019.03.008.
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7. Simonini G. (1995). Il Parco di Roncolo, il Boletus pulchrotinctus e gli zii d’America. XX Mostra Reggiana del Fungo. Gruppo di Reggio Emilia: Associazone Micologica Bresadola. pp. 31–34.
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9. Lukić N. (2009). The distribution and diversity of Boletus genus in Central Serbia. Kragujevac J Sci 31: 59–68.
10. Kasom G, Karadelev M. (2011). Preliminary checklist of the genus Boletus L. in Crna Gora (Montenegro). Nat Monten 10: 187–199.
11. Biketova, A. Yu.; Kosakyan, A.; Wasser, S. P.; Nevo, E. (2015). "New, noteworthy, and rare species of the genus Boletus in Israel". Plant Biosystems. 150 (5): 1–11. doi:10.1080/11263504.2014.990537. hdl: 11380/1302125 . S2CID   84004250.