While preparing the Strophariaceae for the Flora agaricina neerlandica, vol. 4, and the new edition of the ‘Standaardlijst van Nederlandse Macrofungi’ (Arnolds et al., 1995), the author decided to accept the generic concepts within the family as conceived by A.H. Smith (1979) and Kühner (1980) resulting in two genera: Psilocybe (comprising the genera Psilocybe s.str., Stropharia, Hypholoma or Naematoloma, and Melanotus), and Pholiota. This made the following new combinations and new taxa necessary.