French mycologist Lucien Qulet classified Pholiota as a subgenus of Dryophila in 1886, and Worthington George Smith an English cartoonist and illustrator, archaeologist, plant pathologist, and mycologist, placed it in his new genus Togaria, now considered a synonym of Agrocybe.
Genus: Pholiota
(Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871) Paul Kummer (22 August 1834  6 December 1912) was a minister, teacher, and scientist in Zerbst, Germany, known chiefly for his contribution to mycological nomenclature. 
