Suillus decipiens (Berk. & Curt.) O. Kuntze Cap 3.5-7cm across, convex becoming flatter; maize yellow or paler, with pinkish-cinnamon or pale tan appressed scales; sometimes appearing darker when wet. Tubes up to 5mm long; honey yellow. Pores irregular, compound; same color as tubes. Stem 40-70 x 7-15mm, solid, tapering and hooked toward the base; yellowish to cinnamon buff or cinnamon pink below; cottony-scaly. Veil sheath-like, forms a slight gray to whitish ring. Flesh straw yellow, mostly unchanging, but becoming dull pinky-tawny in places. Odor agreeable, mild. Taste mild. Spores cylindrical to subellipsoid, smooth, 9-12 x 3.5-5µ. Deposit ochraceous brown. Habitat in dense groups on the ground, in humus, in mixed pine-oak forests, and sphagnum bogs. Frequent. Found in southeastern North America, north to New Jersey. Season June-September. Edible