Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ BoletalesOrder
• └─ BoletaceaeFamily
• └─ RubroboletusGenus

Higher ranks from Catalogue of Life (COL26.9 XR).

Lifestylemycorrhiza

Warm limestone beech forest, under oaks and beeches

⚠ Before you pickWild fungi may be taken in small quantities for your own use (§39(3) BNatSchG) — but not in nature reserves or national parks, on closed land or on farmland in use, and never for sale (§39(4)). In Bavaria this right is anchored in Art. 141(3) of the state constitution and is limited to locally customary amounts; the competent authority is the district nature-conservation authority (untere Naturschutzbehörde). Local signs and ordinances come first.

Species protection from BArtSchV Annex 1 and §2(1), retrieved 2026-10-15; Red List from Dämmrich et al. (2016) (BfN / Rote-Liste-Zentrum). Not legal advice — local rules and signage may be stricter. BArtSchV Annex 1 · Red List data

• poisonous mushroom

Poisonous / toxic — do not eat

• ▸ Pale grey to whitish cap, often with olive tinges
• ▸ Bright red pores and a red, bulbous stem with a red network pattern
• ▸ Flesh that turns bluish when cut or bruised
• ▸ Strong, unpleasant odour in older specimens

A striking and unmistakable red-pored bolete, and one of the few that is toxic. Its bold colours — grey-white cap, blood-red pores and red stem — stand out clearly on the forest floor.