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Rubinoboletus rubinus (W.G. Sm.) Pilát & Dermek, Česká Mykol. 23: 81 (1969)

Boletus rubinus W.G. Sm., J. Bot. Lond. 6: 33 (1868)
Suillus rubinus (W.G. Sm.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(2): 536 (1898)
Xerocomus rubinus (W.G. Sm.) A. Pearson, Naturalist London: 96 (1946)
Chalciporus rubinus (W.G. Sm.) Singer, Persoonia 7(2): 319 (1973)

Habitat: On soil, associated with Quercus spp., often amongst short grass under isolated trees in parkland, not usually in woodland.

Notes: Uncommonly reported. Apparently widespread from Yorkshire southwards, most frequently in southern England.

Distribution: E: !, W: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 54089; Wales: K(M) 145343

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), as Chalciporus rubinus, p. 45
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Chalciporus rubinus, p. 423
D+I:, in Reid, D.A., Fungorum Rariorum Icones Coloratae: Part 1(1): 1-32 pp. (1966), as Boletus rubinus, p. 12-13, pl. 4
D+I:, in Dermek, A., Fungorum Rariorum Icones Coloratae: Part 16(16): 23 pp. (1987), p. 5-6, pl. 121b

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Red Data List, Ing 1992); removed from list (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)

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