Boletus kermesinus

Boletus kermesinus is a species of bolete fungus. The fruit bodies are dark red with a sticky cap, and have a reticulate stem. Newly described in 2011, the fungus is known only from central Honshu, Japan, where it grows in subalpine coniferous forests.^[1]

Boletus kermesinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Boletus
Species:	B. kermesinus
Binomial name
Boletus kermesinus Har.Takah., Taneyama & Koyama (2011)

See also

• List of Boletus species