Satan's bolete

Rubroboletus satanas

Русское название: Болет сатанинский

A poisonous bolete linked to gastrointestinal symptoms. Its striking colours are not a universal identifier: bolete groups contain many species with overlapping visual features. Expert field work uses more than a photograph.

✳ Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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Safety information

Never decide to eat a wild mushroom from a photograph or online description. A mistake can be fatal. For mushroom ingestion or suspected poisoning, contact emergency medical services or a poison centre immediately, even if symptoms have not appeared.

Irish Poisons Centre mushroom safety ↗

◎Distribution

Southern and central Europe

♧Habitat

Warm broadleaf woodland, often on calcareous soil

✺Identification limits

Images and brief descriptions are for learning, not for reliably identifying a specimen. Take particular care with poisonous plants and mushrooms.

Further reading and image creditsRubroboletus satanas — Wikipedia overview ↗Photo, author and license — Wikimedia Commons ↗

Identification is never guaranteed by a photo. Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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