| Pseudoboletus parasiticus | |
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| B. parasiticus | |
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| Species: | P. parasiticus
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| Pseudoboletus parasiticus (Bull.) Šutara, 1790
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Xerocomus parasiticus (Bull.) Quél., 1887 | |
Pseudoboletus parasiticus | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is flat |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is yellow to olive |
 | Ecology is parasitic |
 | Edibility is edible but not recommended |
Pseudoboletus parasiticus, previously known as Boletus parasiticus and Xerocomus parasiticus, and commonly known as the parasitic bolete, is a rare bolete mushroom found on earthballs (Scleroderma citrinum). Pseudoboletus parasiticus is one of the earliest-diverging lineages of the Boletaceae, after the clade comprising Chalciporus and Buchwaldoboletus.[1]