Rubroboletus pulchrotinctus

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
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 pseudofechtneri Cetto, nom. prov. (inval.), 1983 Boletus cicognanii Ubaldi (1986)

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]