Pileus/Cap: Convex to campanulate, expanding to plane with a broad umbo. Cinnamon grey, reddish brown to caramel with a darker concentric zone or band near the margin. Hygrophanous, drying tan.

 

Lamellae/Gills: Mottled, close, cream/grey darkening to black.

 

Stipe/Stem: Pruinose or marked with fine dots or holes, can appear reddish, not overly thin or fragile. Rarely bruising, blue reaction sometimes visible near the base of the stem.

 

Spore Colour: Jet black.

 

Habitat and Distribution: Introduced, fruits year round from dung, enriched soil, composts, fertilised lawns and paddocks with rain/humidity.

 

Comments: Larger and more substantial than banded lookalike Panaeolus foenisecii (which has a brown spore print).