Rubinoboletus phaseolisporus (Boletaceae) from Western Australia is a Tylopilus with bean-shaped spores
OSMUNDSON, T.W., BOUGHER, N.L., ROBINSON, R.M. AND HALLING, R.E.
The bolete genus name Rubinoboletus Pilát & Dermek has been misapplied in the past to include taxa belonging to several genera including Tylopilus P.Karst. In this study, we provide morphological and molecular phylogenetic justification for alignment of Rubinoboletus phaseolisporus T.H.Li, R.N.Hilton & Watling in Tylopilus with the North American taxon T. balloui (Peck) Singer. Thus, a new combination, Tylopilus phaseolisporus (T.H.Li, R.N.Hilton & Watling) Osmundson, Bougher, R.Rob. & Halling, is proposed for this brightly-coloured species that is apparently endemic to bushland in south-west Western Australia.
