Amanita flavoconia G.F.Atk.
Family: Amanitaceae
Yellow Patches Amanita
Amanita flavoconia image
National Mushroom Centre  
Mata, M., D. Penjor and S. Pradham. 2010. Fungi of Bhutan. National Mushroom Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Thimphu, Bhutan.

Local name: No local name known

Edibility: Poisonous.

Habitat: Terrestrial and solitary to scattered.

Description: Cap: 2-7cm diameter, sub-oval to convex when young, becoming plane with age, surface bright yellow to orange to paler with age, with small bright yellow warts loosely spread over surface that disappears easily. Hymenophore: Free to slightly adnexed gills, close, white, sometimes with yellow edges. Stem: 5-10 cm long and 0.5-1 cm wide, equal, surface smooth to slightly scaly, with a persistent annulus, whitish to yellow in colour, with fragile yellow remains of the volva at the base. Flesh: Thin, White. Spore Print: White.

Comments: This species is reported as poisonous, but its effects have been little studied. Symptoms of poisoning are similar to other Amanita species such as vomiting, dizziness and nausea, these symptoms can occur several hours after ingestion. A. flavoconia is sometimes confused with the yellow A. muscaria, but A. flavoconia has no concentric rings at the base of the stem but have yellow patches that are remnants of the volva.