It was formally described by Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1774, which took precedence over B. aestivalis as described by Paulet in 1793.
Gomphidius glutinosus was initially described by German mycologist Jacob Christian Schäffer as Agaricus glutinosus in 1774, before the father of mycology Elias Magnus Fries gave it its current genus and binomial name in 1838.
The fungus was first described in 1774 by German mycologist Jacob Christian Schäffer as Helvella infula (the original genus spelling was Elvela).
Jakob or Jacob Christian Schäffer or Schäffern (30 May 1718, Querfurt – 5 January 1790) was a German dean, professor, botanist, mycologist, entomologist, ornithologist and inventor.
It was originally described as Agaricus terreus by Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1762, and as Agaricus myomyces by mycologist Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1794.
He collected and described specimens from the same locality in Regensburg from which Schäffer, another naturalist who had studied the Notostraca, obtained his specimens in the 1750s.
Christian | Hans Christian Andersen | Christian Dior | Jacob | John Jacob Astor | Christian music | Christian cross | Christian Brothers | Congregation of Christian Brothers | Christian IV of Denmark | Jacob M. Appel | Contemporary Christian music | Christian Slater | Christian rock | Jacob Epstein | Jacob Zuma | Jacob Obrecht | Christian metal | Christian Broadcasting Network | The Christian Science Monitor | Southern Christian Leadership Conference | Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools | Christian Church | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | Christian V of Denmark | Christian theology | Christian Marclay | Christian Lindberg | Johann Christian Bach | Christian Kane |