Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries described it as "Agaricus erubescens" in 1821, the species name derived from the Latin "erubescens" "reddening".
Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries described it as "Agaricus erubescens" in his 1821 work "Systema Mycologicum". The species name is derived from the Latin "erubescens", meaning "reddening".