Tylopilus pseudoscaber — Dusky Bolete — Boletaceae

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Small to medium mushroom. Dark brown to black velvety cap, often with pale margin, cracks with age. Blackish pores and tubes. Stalk dark brown with whitish base that can smell of chlorine, staining bluish-green, then brown. Mycorrhizal.

Synonym: Porphyrellus porphyrosporus

Habitat: Solitary or small groups, coniferous forest

Scent: Pungent

Spores: Dark reddish-brown

Season: Autumn

Blackish tubes
Miller Peninsula State Park

Brown stalk, whitish base
9th Avenue, Sequim