From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   Steve Peek wrote:   
   > riburr wrote:   
   >> Jimmy Mac wrote:   
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   >>> RE: Purple Russula edible?   
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   >>> BY: riburr    
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   >>> Looks similar to a shrimp mushroom but do they not typically have some   
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   >>> coloration to the stalk? What to the stalks look like when pulled from the   
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   >>> ground? COULD be Russula xerampelina but hard to tell for certain from your   
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   >>> image.   
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   >> I cut the stalk at ground level with a sharp knife.  No shrimp odor was   
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   >> noticed.  Stalk is white, with no coloration at all.   
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   >> Rinsed 'em with water and sprinkled them with sea salt to prepare for   
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   >> smoking.  The salt really softened them, and they shed a lot of (pink_   
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   >> fluid.  I will gently dry them (or try to) and coat them with diced   
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   >> herbs and olive oil before smoking   
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   > Have a look at R. mariae. I find it often here in WNC. Lincoff calls it   
   edible and good.   
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   All stems were white in my specimens...  Otherwise, it looks close.   
   Gonna smoke and eat them today, and report.  I'm interested in how   
   smoked russulas might render big, otherwise bland mushrooms more palatable.   
      
      
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