Tylopilus porphyrosporus (Fr.) Smith & Thiers Cap 4-8cm across, broadly convex with an even margin; dark dull brown or olive-brown becoming drab, with a distinct ochraceous tinge when dry; dry, suede-like, sometimes becoming smooth in age. Tubes about l0mm long, nearly free, sharply depressed around the stem; dark dull cocoa brown, wood-brown when the sides are cut. Pores same color as tubes when young, staining dark chocolate brown when bruised. Stem 60-150 x 8-20mm, tapering toward the top, slightly bulbous at the base; whitish beneath, but brownish like cap on top from velvety or minutely powdered surface, staining dark brown where handled or in age. Flesh firm, quite tough; white slowly tinged grayish brown or reddish brown when cut. Odor slightly disagreeable. Taste slightly mealy. Spores subellipsoid, smooth, 13-17 x 6-8µ. Deposit chocolate gray or deep, dull pinkish brown. Habitat singly along trails or in mixed deciduous woods under hemlock, spruce, and balsam fir. Found in eastern North America, south to South Carolina and west to Michigan and Mississippi. Season August. Edible.