Lurid bolete is a moderately common mushroom of the bolete family found in Latvia. Its fruiting bodies are edible and typically grow from June to September in grassy areas beneath light deciduous forests, parks, along avenues, mostly under oaks and limes. It prefers damp or calcareous soils.

The cap of the mushroom can have various colors, including greenish, dirty brown, green-brown, yellowish-orange, or brownish-gray. It may exhibit reddening at snail damage sites. Initially semi-spherical, it later becomes cushion-shaped. The surface is velvety when young, becoming smooth in older specimens and sticky in wet conditions. The flesh is thick, pale yellow, strongly bluing at cuts and bruises, later turning a dirty yellow color, with no distinctive odor but a pleasant taste.

It is edible only after boiling. In culinary use, lurid bolete is often pickled (adding citric acid to restore the bolete's yellowish flesh). It is also suitable for drying.

There are unconfirmed reports suggesting that it might be poisonous when consumed with alcohol.