[1][2] It was described in 1942 by the American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill who classified it as Galerula crispella.

[1] It was reclassified as Conocybe crispella in 1950 by the German mycologist Rolf Singer.

Smooth with a thick wall of up to 1 μm and a distinct germ pore.

[4] The specimens studied by Singer were found amongst grass in shaded lawns and woods, on the soil or on dung from January to June in Argentina and in August in Florida.

[3] They have also been found on soil in gardens and in lawns in the Cook Islands, Mauritius, Seychelles and Réunion.