From: carolinasteve681@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, May 20, 2013 6:00:54 PM UTC-4, riburr wrote:   
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   > > RE: Purple Russula edible?   
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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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   > 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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