 Two subspecies have been described from southern Europe.First officially described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1801, "Tricholoma pardinum" has had a confusing taxonomic history that extends over two centuries.In 1762, German naturalist Jacob Christian Schäffer described the species "Agaricus tigrinus" with an illustration corresponding to what is thought to be "T. pardinum", and consequently, the name "Tricholoma tigrinum" has been used erroneously in some European field guides.