Porphyrellus formosus

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.^[1]

Porphyrellus formosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Porphyrellus
Species:	P. formosus
Binomial name
Porphyrellus formosus (G. Stev.) J. A. Cooper
Synonyms
Tylopilus formosus G. Stev. (1962)

It is endemic to New Zealand, forming mycorrhiza with southern beeches and mānuka. It's distinguishing feature is all-black and velvety surface of cap and stalk. It initially has white pores that turn golden when aged.^[2]