Family: Tricholomataceae

Scientific name: Lepista nuda

Common Name: Wood Blewit

Distribution: SE Qld, NSW, Vic, SA, TAS

General Information: An agaric with diametre up to 200mm, cap mauve, browning with age, wavy, irregular and turned up. Found in native forests or near pines and exotics. Edible when cooked.

Specimen: Misty Hill Road, Mountain River.

Source: Fungimap 2005, Fungi Down Under - the Fungimap Guide to Australian Fungi, Fungimap, South Yarra.