An introduced species presently known from the lower North Island under pines. Sometimes called Amanita gemmata.

Cap: Up to about 60 mm wide in New Zealand material . Yellow to pale yellow, sometimes resembling a faded Amanita muscaria (this resemblance historically caused confusion) . Surface smooth to slightly patchy; universal‑veil remnants usually sparse or absent. Margin typically non‑striate or faintly striate in age.
Distribution: Recorded from the lower North Island.
Gills: White, free, moderately crowded. Short gills present.
Stipe: Up to 90 mm tall , slender, white to pale yellowish. Surface smooth or faintly fibrillose.
Ring: Often absent; the variety exannulata is explicitly described as lacking a ring .
Volva: Present at the base; typically a friable or poorly developed rim or patchy volval remnants. Often partly buried in pine duff.
Flesh: White, unchanging. Odour not distinctive.