Ruby Bolete

(Hortiboletus rubellus)

Conservation Status
Ruby Bolete
Photo by Holly Stanger
  IUCN Red List

not listed

 
  NatureServe

NNR - Unranked

 
  Minnesota

not listed

 
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
 
Description
 
 

Ruby Bolete is a small, red capped, blue staining mushroom. It occurs in Europe, in the United States east of the Great Plains and west of the Rocky Mountains, in southern Quebec and Ontario Canada, and in Mexico. It reaches the western extent of one part of its range in eastern Minnesota. It is found in summer and fall in deciduous woodlands, at woodland edges, in parks, and in gardens. It grows on the ground, alone, scattered, or in groups (gregarious) but not clustered. It has a mutually beneficial relationship (mycorrhizal) with the tiny rootlets of oaks and other hardwood trees, absorbing sugars and amino acids while helping the tree absorb water.

The cap is 1 to 2 (2.5 to 6.0 cm) in diameter. It is convex at first and bright but dark pinkish-red. This is the feature that gives the mushroom its common name. It often has a thin yellow or whitish band around the margin. The upper surface is dry and is covered with minute velvety hairs. As it ages it becomes broadly convex to almost flat and hairless, and the color becomes dark, dirty, pinkish-red or pinkish. On mature specimens the upper surface is finely cracked.

The stalk is firm, solid, 1316 to 2¾ (3 to 7 cm) long, longer than the cap is wide, and to (4 to 10 mm) thick. It is tapered at the base and sometimes flared at the top. The surface is not covered with a network of fine ridges (reticulate). When young the stalk is pinkish to red for most of its length, yellow just near the top, and the surface usually has numerous fine red dots (punctate). It darkens as it ages.

The pore surface is yellow when young, becoming dull olive-yellow as it ages. It quickly stains dark blue when bruised. There are 1 to 3 pores per millimeter. The pore tubes are up to ¼ (7 mm) deep.

The flesh in the cap is whitish. It slowly stains slightly blue when sliced. It is edible but it has a soapy taste, and like other boletes, it is often infested with maggots. The flesh of the stalk is mostly yellow, pale yellow just at the top. It has numerous, tiny, bright red or carrot orange dots near the base. This may require a hand lens to see and is visible only on young specimens. On older specimens the flesh at the base deteriorates and discolors.

The spore print is olive-brown.

 
     
 

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Habitat and Hosts
 
 

Deciduous woodlands, woodland edges, parks, and gardens

Oaks and other hardwoods

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Season

 
 

Summer and fall

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

4, 7, 24, 26, 29, 30, 77.

 
  7/16/2023      
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

 

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Fungi (fungi)  
  Subkingdom Dikarya  
  Phylum Basidiomycota (club fungi)  
  Subphylum Agaricomycotina (jelly fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms)  
  Class Agaricomycetes (mushrooms, bracket fungi, puffballs, and allies)  
  Subclass Agaricomycetidae  
  Order Boletales (boletes and allies)  
  Suborder Boletineae  
 

Family

Boletaceae (boletes)  
 

Genus

Hortiboletus  
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Boletus rubellus

Boletus versicolor

Suillus rubellus

Tubiporus rubellus

Xerocomellus rubellus

Xerocomus rubellus

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

Ruby Bolete

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Mycorrhizal

A symbiotic, usually beneficial relationship between a fungus and the tiny rootlets of a plant, usually a tree.

 

 

 

 

 
 
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  Hortiboletus rubellus (Ruby Bolete) 4k
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Aug 2, 2020

Hortiboletus rubellus

By Manu Merino

Today I present an incredible species. It is now called Hortiboletus rubellus but it is also known as Xerocomus Rubellus. I have found the specimens of this video, in the best moment of their life, that's why those garnet colors are so impressive.

I also share a bit of the nature of the environment, such as the most popular and beautiful European butterfly, the Papilio machaon and two plants, the Sedum album and the stachys officinalis.

And if you liked the Santa Catalina lighthouse - Lekeitio, last week, I can assure you, that the sunset from this place is the most spectacular in the entire Basque Country.

Hortiboletus rubellus (Krombh.) Simonini, Vizzini & Gelardi - (2015)

Characteristics:
-Cap: Medium in size, between 4 and 10 in diameter, in our case between 4 and 7 cm. When young it is hemispherical and then convex extended. The margin is surplus and wavy, especially in youth. The dry cuticle cannot be separated from the meat and has a velvety appearance of a spectacular garnet red color. With heat it tends to cut very finely.
-Tubes and pores: the tubes have a yellowish color in youth, like the pores, with friction or pressure they are paved slowly. The pores are wide and angular, reaching 1- 1.5 mm.
- Stem: cylindrical, thinned at the base, the upper part is lemon yellow, and the rest is covered by red fibrils.
Flesh: Very light yellow, just below the cuticle it becomes a little red and at the base of the foot it is orange, when it cuts a little blue, it looks very good in the video. Of soft consistency in the hat and fibrous on the foot. Its flavor is sweet and fruity and very frequently worm-like.
-Edibility: it is of low culinary quality.
-Habitat: in our case in American oak (Quercus rubra),
- Season: mainly in summer and autumn in our case in July
-Place: Lekeitio - Bizkaia, Basque Country

Confusions: It is not easy to identify this species, therefore it can be confused with Xerocomellus chrysenteron less reddish, with Rheubarbariboletus armeniacus in apricot color

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  Ruby Red Bolete (Hortiboletus rubellus) / Boletus Mushroom
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Sep 30, 2021

Found these beautiful red ruby bolete | Boletus mushrooms while mushroom hunting in the ozarks, the species name on these are Hortiboletus rubellus, commonly known as the ruby bolete. They are not poisonous and are said to taste soapy.

Please Note, Do Not consume any wild mushrooms unless you know what you are harvesting! Some can be deadly or poisonous!!

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