Dark Velvet Bolete

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Tylopilus formosus

Dark Velvet Bolete, a reference photo
Photo: (c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Porphyrellus formosus, the dark velvet bolete, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae, first described as Tylopilus formosus by Greta Stevenson in 1962, and moved to Porphyrellus genus in 2014 by J. A. Cooper.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Dark Velvet Bolete being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Boletales
Family
Boletaceae
Species
Tylopilus formosus

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