 Early Australian records of this form have been found to be the similar green toadstools "Gliophorus graminicolor" or "G. viridis" on reexamination.Gliophorus psitacinus is known to occur at one site in the Lane Cove River valley near Sydney.Despite its small size and being coated in a sticky substance, "Gliophorus psittacinus" is often listed as edible in mushroom guides, inedible in others.