Rolf Singer wrote in his obituary that he was "one of the most outstanding figures of contemporary mycology."

Rolf Singer transferred the species to the genus Boletellus in 1945.

The genus was circumscribed by Rolf Singer in 1958.

Rolf Singer transferred it to the genus Xerocomus in 1946.

Rolf Singer moved the species to Tylopilus in 1944.

It was transferred to the genus Agrocybe by Rolf Singer in 1936.

It was first formally described in 1989 by Rolf Singer.

Rolf Singer placed it in its current genus, Volvariella, in 1951.

It was circumscribed by Rolf Singer in 1944.

In 1973, Rolf Singer transferred the species to Suillus.