Lepiota

Description:

Caps about 45 mm wide with dark brown centres and flaking brown cuticle, Free, close gills were a cream colour. The short stipe was narrow for most of the length with a slight widening of the base. It was covered with pale fibrils and about two-thirds of the way down was a ring.

Habitat:

Spotted growing in leaf litter a small colony at the base of a Eucalyptus tree - nature reserve.

Notes:

Family: Agaricaceae