The type collection was made by physician and amateur botanist Noah Miller Glatfelter from St. Louis, Missouri.

Comparison of the fruit bodies with the original type material demonstrated that, based on the shape, size, and staining reactions of the spores, both collections represented the same species.

The center of the cap is brown and velutinous, and often forms sparse scales that expose the yellowish flesh underneath.

The partial veil that covers the young developing gills is left as a loose ring zone on the stem.

[2] Fruit bodies of Lepiota maculans grow in groups on the ground in grass at the edge of deciduous forests.