Originally described by Stephan Schulzer von Müggenburg in 1885 as a species of Boletus, the fungus was transferred to Suillellus in 2014.

[2][3] In 1796 Christiaan Hendrik Persoon described a type of bolete under the name Boletus erythropus and in the next 200 years the same name was widely used for a well-known species having red pores.

But recently it was discovered that Persoon's mushroom had orange pores, that usage of the name B. erythropus was invalid, and now the red-pored species (after a separate change to the genus too) has to be called Neoboletus luridiformis).

[4][5][6] The cap is hemispherical, latter flattening out, appearing olive to reddish-brown, rarely also dark red.

[7][4] This mycorrhizal mushroom can be found in deciduous forest, at lower altitudes, under beech, oak or hazel.