Cordier and Gillet give the species as edible though not delicate.
West Philadelphia on lawns under larches, 1887–1891. McIlvaine.
The caps are of good flavor and consistency. They are best fried or broiled.
B. Clin´tonianus Pk. Pileus convex, very viscid or glutinous, glabrous, soft, shining, golden-yellow, reddish yellow or chestnut color, the margin thin. Flesh pale yellow, becoming less bright or dingy on exposure to the air. Tubes nearly plane, adnate or subdecurrent, small, angular or subrotund, pale-yellow, becoming dingy-ochraceous with age, changing to brown or purplish-brown where bruised. Stem equal or slightly thickened toward the base, straight or flexuous, yellow at the top, reddish or reddish-brown below the annulus, sometimes varied with yellow stains, the annulus white or yellow, persistent, forming a thick band about the stem. Spores brownish-ochraceous, 10–11×4–5µ.
Pileus 2–5 in. broad. Stem 2–5 in. long, 4–9 lines thick.
Mossy or grassy ground in woods or open places, especially under or near tamarack trees. New York, Peck; New England, Frost.
This is apparently closely related to B. elegans, from which it differs in its thick persistent ring, in its stem which is not at all dotted and in its longer and darker-colored spores. Its smaller tubes and persistent ring separate it also from B. flavus. In the typical form the pileus is bay-red or chestnut color, but plants growing in open places generally have it yellowish or reddish-yellow. It is mild to the taste and I have eaten it sparingly. It sometimes grows in tufts. Peck, Boleti of the U.S.
B. inflex´us Pk.—curving. Pileus convex, glabrous, viscid, yellow, often red or reddish on the disk, the margin thin, inflexed, concealing the marginal tubes. Flesh whitish, not changing color where wounded. Tubes rather long, adnate, yellowish, becoming dingy-yellow with age, the mouths small, dotted with reddish glandules. Stem rather slender, not ringed, solid, viscid, dotted with livid-yellow glandules. Spores yellowish, 10–12×4–5µ.
Pileus about 1 in. broad. Stem about 2 in. long, 2–4 lines thick.
Open woods. Trexlertown. September. Herbst.