[3] It was first described in 1927 by the Belgian mycologist Maurice Beeli who classified it as Lepiota elaeidis (or elaidis),[3] whilst illustrations of the mushrooms were produced by Mme M.

It starts bulbous and cylindrical before expanding to campanulate (bell shaped) and flattening further with age making the umbo more pronounced.

The movable stem ring is white and fluffy at the edges and is located towards the top of the cap (superior or apical).

It grows on the ground and in grass near elaeis, coffee and eucalyptus trees and is sometimes found on rotten wood or compost.

[4] The specimens studied by Beeli were found in groups in the grass at the foot of Elaeis oil palms in the Eala region of the Zaïre (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).