Complex sentence: This species was first named by James G. Dickson in 1785 as "Lycoperdon phalloides", and in 1801, Christian Hendrik Persoon transferred it into the newly described genus "Battarrea", named after the Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Battarra.
Split into simpler sentences: This species was first named by James G. Dickson in 1785 as "Lycoperdon phalloides". In 1801, Christian Hendrik Persoon transferred it into the newly described genus "Battarrea", named after the Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Battarra.