Quél., 1887 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] The cap is hemispherical when young, later flat, yellowish brown or darker and up to 5 cm in diameter.

The flesh is pale yellow and the spores are olive.

The stem is pale yellow to olive.