Synonymy:
Agaricus aureus Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 2: pl. 92 (1782) [1781-82]
Pholiota aurea (Bull.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 5: 736 (1887)
Togaria aurea (Bull.) W.G. Sm., Syn. Brit. Basidiomyc.: 122 (1908)

Agaricus vahlii Schumach., Enum. pl. (Kjøbenhavn) 2: 258 (1803)
Agaricus aureus var. vahlii (Schumach.) Cooke, Handb. Brit. Fungi, 2nd Edn: 140 (1884)
Pholiota aurea var. vahlii (Schumach.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 5: 736 (1887)
Togaria aurea var. vahlii (Schumach.) W.G. Sm., Syn. Brit. Basidiomyc.: 122 (1908)

Agaricus aureus var. herefordensis Renny, in Cooke, Handb. Brit. Fungi, 2nd Edn: 140 (1883)
Pholiota aurea var. herefordensis (Renny) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 5: 736 (1887)
Togaria aurea var. herefordensis (Renny) W.G. Sm., Syn. Brit. Basidiomyc.: 122 (1908)

Lepiota pyrenaea Quél., C. r. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci. 16(2): 587 (1888)

Position in classification:
Phaeolepiota, Incertae sedis, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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