Purple Glory Tree or Tibouchina Grandiflora
Growing on the side of a road in eucalyptus bark/leaf litter;
Insects have cleaned off the entire spore mass, otherwise the roughen part around the eye would be dark olive with the spores.
[admin – Sat Aug 14 01:58:41 +0000 2010]: Changed location name from ‘Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia’ to ‘Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia’