– Cap convex, olive-yellow to olive-brown, finely felted, becoming smooth with age.
– Tubes yellow to yellow-green, with orange-red pores that turn blue when handled.
– Stem yellow to orange-red, often broadened towards the base, covered with a coarse red reticulation.
– Flesh pale yellow, with a red zone just above the tubes, bluing in cut surfaces.
Boletoid boletes
Lurid Bolete
Suillellus luridus
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with oak and beech, often on calcareous soils, in broadleaf forests, parks, and pastures.
Notes
Considered mildly poisonous when raw but is edible after thorough cooking for at least 20 minutes.
Similar species
Suillellus mendax is similar but often has reddish tones on the cap and a stem that shows both a reticulation (towards the apex) and small red dots (towards the base).
