Amanita gemmata (Fr.) Gillet syn. A. junquillea Quél. syn. Amanitopsis adnata (W. G. Smith) Sacc. Jewelled Amanita Amanite à pierreries Zitronengelber Knollenblätterpilz Cap 5–7cm across, flattened convex, pale yellow with more ochre centre, covered in snow-white patches of veil remnants, margin striate. Stem 70–100 x 10–14mm, white with pale yellow flush, with a large basal bulb encased in a short thin volva. Flesh white, flushed pale yellow in the stem. Smell faint. Gills adnexed, white. Spore print white. Spores ovoid – subglobose, nonamyloid, 8.5–9 x 7–7.5µ. Habitat in coniferous woods. Season spring to autumn. Very rare. Deadly poisonous causing symptoms as in A. pantherina poisoning. Distribution, America and Europe.