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Ruby bolete

Xerocomus rubellus

currently accepted name: Hortiboletus rubellus (2015) — accepted name according to GBIF; the catalogue keeps the familiar one

alternative placement of the species: Boletus rubellus — some sources list the species under this name

Genus Xerocomus. Family Boletaceae. Order Boletales.

Ruby bolete — Photographs 1
Ruby bolete.
Photo Wikipedia, Strobilomyces

Description

Xerocomus rubellus, the ruby bolete, grows in broad-leaved woodland among short grass or moss and prefers oak woods. Season: August to September. It almost never fruits abundantly and is usually collected along with other species. Translated from a Russian-language source.

Traits

Edibility
Edible

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Photographs

Ruby bolete — Photographs 2
Ruby bolete.
Photo И.Ухановой

Source: mycoweb.narod.ru