Two identification units in Stropharia are keyed out separately.

• Stropharia subgenus Stercophila occurs on dung and has a markedly glutinous stipe.

• Stropharia (other) covers the remaining Australian species of the genus.

Stropharia Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard, sér. 2, 5 [Champ. Jura Vosges 1]: 255 (1872).