Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Rank Species | Division Basidiomycota | |
Similar Chalciporus pseudorubinellus, Caloboletus inedulis, Caloboletus firmus, Aureoboletus auriporus, Lanmaoa carminipes | ||
Chalciporus rubinellus, commonly known as the purple-red bolete, is a bolete fungus of the family Boletaceae. It was first described in 1879 as Boletus rubinellus, and later transferred to the genus Chalciporus in 1973.
Genetically it is closely related to Chalciporus amarellus.
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