Synonymy:
Agaricus molybdites G. Mey., Prim. fl. esseq.: 300 (1818)
Lepiota molybdites (G. Mey.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 5: 30 (1887)
Leucocoprinus molybdites (G. Mey.) Pat., Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 29: 215 (1913)
Macrolepiota molybdites (G. Mey.) G. Moreno, Bañares & Heykoop, Mycotaxon 55: [467] (1995)

Chlorophyllum esculentum Massee, Bull. Misc. Inf., Kew(no. 138): 136 (1898)
Lepiota esculenta (Massee) Sacc. & P. Syd., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 16: 2 (1902)

Agaricus congolensis Beeli, Bull. Soc. R. Bot. Belg. 61(1): 92 (1928)
Chlorophyllum molybdites var. congolense (Beeli) Heinem., Fl. Icon. champ. Congo 16: 323 (1967)

Chlorophyllum molybdites var. luteolosperma Singer, Pap. Mich. Acad. Sci. 32: 139 (1948) [1946]

Lepiota molybdites var. marginata A.H. Sm., Mushrooms in their natural habitats: 429 (1949)
Chlorophyllum molybdites var. marginatus (A.H. Sm.) D.A. Reid & Eicker, Bot. Bull. Acad. sin., Taipei 32: 328 (1991)

Position in classification:
Chlorophyllum, Agaricaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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