Butyriboletus roseoflavus

Butyriboletus roseoflavus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Butyriboletus
Species:
B. roseoflavus
Binomial name
Butyriboletus roseoflavus
(M.Zang & Hai B.Li) D.Arora & J.L.Frank (2014)
Synonyms
  • Boletus roseoflavus M.Zang & Hai B.Li (2013)

Butyriboletus roseoflavus is a pored mushroom in the genus Butyriboletus found in Asia. It was originally described in 2013 as a species of Boletus, but was transferred the following year to the newly created genus Butyriboletus.

It is known as xiaomei niuganjun (Chinese: 小美牛肝菌; lit. 'little pretty bolete') or huamei niuganjun (Chinese: 华美牛肝菌; lit. 'fancy pretty bolete') in Yunnan and huandian niuganjun (Chinese: 黄靛牛肝菌; lit. 'yellow-cyan bolete') in Zhejiang. It was formerly misidentified as Boletus speciosus and Boletus appendiculatus.

A mushroom identified as xiaomei niuganjun is implicated in a 2014 poisoning leading to lilliputian hallucinations.