[1][2] It was first described in 1879 by the British mycologists Miles Joseph Berkeley and Christopher Edmund Broome who classified it as Hiatula wynneae or (wynniae).

[3] In 1943 it was reclassified as Leucocoprinus wynneae (or wynniae) by the French mycologist Marcel Locquin.

[4] Leucocoprinus wynneae is a small, white dapperling mushroom.

[3] The specific epithet wynneae is named for Mrs. Lloyd Wynne who found the specimen examined by Berkeley and Broome.

[3] It has not been recorded there since but has been observed in the wild in Queensland, Australia and Sri Lanka.