[Funga • 2022] Rubroboletus flammeus (Boletales: Boletaceae) • A Novel Species unveiled from subtropical China based on morphological and phylogenetic evidences

 

Rubroboletus flammeus  N.K. Zeng, Xu Zhang & W.Q. Qin, 

in Zhang, Qin, Liang, Tian et Zeng, 2022.

DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s00203-022-02998-4 

 Researchgate.net/publication/361205430

Abstract

Rubroboletus flammeus is described as a new species from subtropical China based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses. It is morphologically characterized by a red to fiery-red basidioma with a dry pileus, a context in pileus white but that in stipe bright yellow, a stipe densely covered with spots, a blue color change of tissues, and a trichoderm-type pileipellis. Detailed descriptions, color photographs of fresh basidiomata, and line drawings of microscopic features of the new species are presented. A key to the known Chinese taxa of Rubroboletus is provided.

  

Keywords: Molecular phylogeny, Morphology, New taxon, Taxonomy

Basidiomata of Rubroboletus flammeus.
 (a–c, e from FHMU6928, holotype; d, f from FHMU6927).

Photos by W.Q. Qin

Rubroboletus flammeus N.K. Zeng, Xu Zhang & W.Q. Qin, sp. nov.

Diagnosis: Characterized by a red to fiery-red basidioma with a dry pileus, a context in pileus white but that in stipe bright yellow, a stipe densely covered with spots, a blue color change of tissues, and a trichoderm-type pileipellis.

Etymology: Latin “flammeus”, meaning the fiery-red pileus of the new species.

Xu Zhang, Wei-Qiang Qin, Zhi-Qun Liang, Run Tian and Nian-Kai Zeng. 2022. Rubroboletus flammeus (Boletaceae, Boletales), A Novel Species unveiled from subtropical China based on morphological and phylogenetic evidences. Archives of Microbiology. 204, 379. DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s00203-022-02998-4 [09 June 2022]

 Researchgate.net/publication/361205430_Rubroboletus_flammeus_a_novel_species_unveiled_from_subtropical_China

[Funga • 2025] Xerocomus garhwalensis & X. rishikeshinus • Two New Species of Xerocomus (Boletales: Boletaceae) from the Indian Himalaya

 

Xerocomus garhwalensis & X. rishikeshinus

A. Nautiyal, M. Ben Hassine Ben Ali & S. L. Stephenson,

in Nautiyal, Ben Hassine Ben Ali, Kannan, Rawat, Krishnamurthy et Stephenson, 2025. 

www.AsianJournalofMycology.org

  Researchgate.net/publication/390746315

Abstract 

Xerocomus garhwalensis and Xerocomus rishikeshinus (Boletales, Basidiomycota) are described as species new to science from specimens collected in the Himalayas of northwestern India. Both were found in forests dominated by banj oak (Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus), and they presumably form ectomycorrhizal associations with this tree species. Xerocomus has been variously defined morphologically, and a number of the species now assigned to the genus are sometimes considered to be members of the genus Boletus. The two new species were placed in Xerocomus largely on the basis of DNA sequence data, which are still rather limited for the assemblage of macrofungi present in northwestern India. 

Keywords – banj oak – Basidiomycota – Boletaceae – ectomycorrhizal fungi – new taxa

Xerocomus garhwalensis. A. Sporocarps as observed in the field. B. Single sporocarp.
Xerocomus rishikeshinus. A. Sporocarps as observed in the field. B. Two sporocarps showing the tube surface.

Xerocomus garhwalensis A. Nautiyal, M. Ben Hassine Ben Ali & S. L. Stephenson, sp. nov. 

Etymology – the name refers to the region (Garhwal) in India where the type specimen was collected.

Xerocomus rishikeshinus A. Nautiyal, M. Ben Hassine Ben Ali & S. L. Stephenson, sp. nov. 

Etymology – the name refers to the largest city (Rishikesh) near the site in India where the specimen was collected. 

 

Nautiyal A., Ben Hassine Ben Ali M., Kannan R, Rawat G.S., Krishnamurthy R. and Stephenson S.L. 2025. Two New Species of Xerocomus (Boletales) from the Indian Himalaya. Asian Journal of Mycology. 8(1), 3–11.  

  Researchgate.net/publication/390746315_Two_new_species_of_Xerocomus_from_the_Indian_Himalaya

https://www.AsianJournalofMycology.org/volume-8-2025/

https://www.asianjournalofmycology.org/pdf/AJOM_8_1_2.pdf

https://x.com/wii_india/status/1917107576443179467

[Funga • 2024] Aureoboletus wusangongii (Boletales: Boletaceae) • A New bolete from subtropical China

Aureoboletus wusangongii  N.K. Zeng, H.Z. Qin, W.F. Lin & L.G. Hu, 
 

in Qin, Zhong, Lin, Hu, Chen, Liang et Zeng, 2024.

DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.674.2.3 

Abstract

Aureoboletus wusangongii (Boletaceae, Boletales) from Zhejiang, subtropical China, is described as new based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence. An illustrated morphological description as well as comparisons with related species are presented. Additionally, a key to the accepted species of Aureoboletus in China is provided.

molecular phylogeny, morphology, new taxon, taxonomy, Fungi

Aureoboletus wusangongii N.K. Zeng, H.Z. Qin, W.F. Lin & L.G. Hu, sp. nov.  

Diagnosis: Differs from other species of Aureoboletus by a stipe with distinctly coarse-lacerate reticulations, large basidiospores with longitudinal ridges, and subcutis pileipellis.

Etymology: Latin “wusangongii” is in honor of Wu Sangong, the originator of shiitake mushroom, who was the founder of the world's "cutting flowers" cultivation technique.

Hua-Zhi QIN, Qiao-Wen ZHONG, Wen-Fei LIN, Li-Gui HU, Xiao-Long CHEN, Zhi-Qun LIANG and Nian-Kai ZENG. 2024. Aureoboletus wusangongii (Boletaceae, Boletales), A New bolete from subtropical China.  Phytotaxa. 674(2); 199-217. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.674.2.3 

  https://www.zjqy.gov.cn/art/2024/12/2/art_1229356027_58967225.html