The flesh of this mushroom turns blood red when cut or bruised, hence its common name of blushing dapperling.

This mushroom was first described by the British mycologists Miles Joseph Berkeley and Christopher Edmund Broome in 1854 who gave it the name Agaricus badhamii.

[2] In 1943 the French mycologist Marcel Locquin moved this species to the genus Leucocoprinus and some modern sources still refer to it as Leucocoprinus badhamii however in 1951 it was reclassified as a Leucoagaricus species by the German mycologist Rolf Singer.

[3] Badhamii is named for the British writer, physician, entomologist and mycologist Charles David Badham, author of the 1847 text Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England.

[4] Leucoagaricus badhamii is a large dapperling mushrooms with white flesh that readily stains red-brown when damaged.

[5][6] Like other Leucoagaricus species, L. badhamii is a saprotroph, living on humus rich ground, growing in small groups in deciduous and mixed woodland[7] and may be associated with beech trees.

It has a widespread distribution and has been found in America, Britain, Europe and Africa but appears to be uncommon.