[3] In 2017 it was reclassified as Leucoagaricus lacrymans by the Chinese mycologists Zai-Wei Ge & Zhu-Liang Yang based on phylogenetic analysis.

[4] Cap: 3–8.3 cm wide, starting cylindrical but truncate on the top and expanding to become campanulate to convex and finally flattening with age whilst often retaining a distinct umbo.

The cap margins have striations (sulcate-striate) and are entire, starting incurved before flattening with age and becoming fissile (prone to splitting slightly).

Kumar and Manimohan note the ring as being white and usually disappearing without a trace (evanescent) whilst Ge and Yang state that it is brown and persistent.

The gills are of two or three different lengths and the edges are finely fringed and may be tinted greyish on older specimens.

[4] The specific epithet lacrymans derives from Latin and means weeping, in reference to the guttation this species presents with.