''Tylopilus funerarius'' is a bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Found in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

, it was described as new to science in 1909 by English mycologist

George Edward Massee George Edward Massee (20 December 1845 – 16 February 1917) was an English mycologist, plant pathologist, and botanist. Background and education George Massee was born in Scampston, East Riding of Yorkshire, the son of a farmer. He was educat ...

. He described it as a "sombre, uninviting species, characterised by brownish-black velvety pileus and brown tube and pores", and considered it similar in appearance to ''Boletus chrysenteron'' (now ''

Xerocomellus chrysenteron ''Xerocomellus chrysenteron'', formerly known as ''Boletus chrysenteron'' or ''Xerocomus chrysenteron'', is a small, edible, wild mushroom in the family Boletaceae. These mushrooms have tubes and pores instead of gills beneath their caps. It ...

''). The species was transferred to the genus '' Tylopilus'' in 1981.

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* funerarius Fungi described in 1909 Fungi of Asia Fungus species {{Boletales-stub