Satan’s Bolete

Rubroboletus pulcherrimus (Thiers & Halling) D.Arora, N.Siegel & J.L.Frank

Also called: Red-pored Bolete, Satan's Bolete

Safety first

This mushroom is listed as deadly. Eating it can kill.

Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.

If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.

Edibility

Deadly — can kill Source: Wikipedia: Rubroboletus pulcherrimus

Classification from Wikipedia: Rubroboletus pulcherrimus. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.

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Photos

Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)

Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.

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View season data as a table

Recorded observations of Satan’s Bolete by month
Month	Records
January	0
February	0
March	0
April	0
May	0
June	0
July	2
August	7
September	14
October	26
November	20
December	6

Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

California 45 records · Foraging rules
Washington 8 records · Foraging rules
British Columbia 8 records · Foraging rules
Oregon 3 records · Foraging rules
New Mexico 2 records · Foraging rules
Arizona 2 records · Foraging rules
Virginia 1 records · Foraging rules

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Identification traits

Cap shape	convex
Underside (gills, pores or teeth)	pores
Ecology	mycorrhizal
Stem features	bare
Spore print color	olive-brown

Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.

About

Rubroboletus pulcherrimus, known as Boletus pulcherrimus until 2015, and commonly known as the red-pored bolete, is a species of mushroom in the family Boletaceae. It is a large bolete from Western North America with distinguishing features that include a netted surface on the stem, a red to brown cap and stem color, and red pores that stain blue upon injury. The species is poisonous and potentially fatal, having been implicated in at least one death.

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