Suillus punctipes (Pk.) Singer syn. Boletus punctipes Pk. Fragrant Suillus. Cap 3-10cm across, convex then flattened; dull ochre or pale yellowish, browner with age; slightly tomentose when young, but soon sticky to glutinous, glabrous with age. Tubes adnate or slightly decurrent; grayish brown, then honey yellow with age. Pores round to angular when mature; brown at first, to honey or ochre-yellow, unchanging when bruised. Stem 40-100 x 10-15mm, cylindrical to clavate below; dull ochre to orange-ochre, discoloring brown, thickly covered with sticky, glandular, brown dots; stains brown and will also stain the hands ochre upon handling. Flesh soft; pale yellowish to ochre, bruises brown. Odor very distinctive, particularly when many fruit bodies are present or when flesh is cut; of bitter almonds according to some authors; the collection illustrated smelled of parsley. Taste mild. Spores subfusiform, smooth, (7)8-9.5(10) x 2.5-3(4)µ. Deposit olive-brown. Habitat under spruce and balsam, often in sphagnum. Uncommon. Found in northeastern North America, west to Michigan. Season July-October. Edible but rather soft. Comment A rather rare species well characterized by its odor and the very prominent dots on the stem, which stain the hands.