Like other Leucocoprinus species it may have originated in a tropical climate but now finds a home in plant pots, greenhouses and compost piles in many countries.

[4] It was reclassified as Leucocoprinus straminellus by the Italian mycologists Roberto Narducci and Vincenzo Caroti in 1995.

[5] However it is still sometimes referred to by its former name Leucocoprinus denudatus[6] which it acquired in 1951 when classified by the German mycologist Rolf Singer.

Leucocoprinus straminellus is a small dapperling mushroom with thin whitish to pale yellow flesh.

Cap: 1.5-2.5 cm wide, ovoid to campanulate (bell shaped) maturing to convex or almost flat with age but retaining the umbo.

[8] The description of Leucocoprinus denudatus[9] (now considered a synonym) from 1981 includes the following details: Cap: 1.6-2.4 cm wide.

The stem texture is smooth or very finely pruinose when examined with a lens and the base is often covered with soil.

Spores: Globose to subglobose to broadly ovoid, with a minute apiculus, lacking a germ pore.

[10] Leucocoprinus flavescens is described similarly with some sources suggesting they may be synonymous although they appear to have different sized spores and different coloured cap centres.