Identified by Nick Legon. RBG Kew herbarium accession number K(M)167649. 12 October 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Amanita junquillea Cap Convex, expanding with age, smooth or slightly sticky, margin often lined, pale yellow to lemon yellow, sometimes with orange tinges, decorated with flattened white veil remnants, to about 8 cm across Gills Free, crowded, white Stem Tapered, base bulbous, enclosed in a sack, or volva, lower half of the stem often decorated with encircling bracelets of scales, apex smooth with a fleeting delicate ring which often adheres to the edge of the cap, to about 12 cm tall Flesh Firm, white to pale yellow Smell Indistinct Taste Do not taste Season Summer to autumn Distribution Rare Habitat On sandy soil in woods, favouring pine and birch Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores broadly ellipsoidal, smooth (8.5-9) x (7-7.5) µm2, Basidia 4 spored. Edibility Deadly poisonous Notes Less robust pale capped specimens are more common in the UK 
Identified by Nick Legon. RBG Kew herbarium accession number K(M)167649. 12 October 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |