The rainbow beneath my feet : a mushroom dyer's field guide

Name/Title

The rainbow beneath my feet : a mushroom dyer's field guide

Entry/Object ID

TT854.3.B47

Description

A unique and useful reference guide to some of the more common and best color-producing dye mushrooms of North America. The book includes step-by-step instructions to the process from collecting the mushrooms to dyeing the wool. There is an accurate and up-to-date description for each species along with over 200 color photographs. The scope of this work goes beyond the identification of species. The authors provide information about dyeing equipment, mordants, preparing and dyeing the wool, and the dazzling array of colors that can be obtained from mushrooms.

Lexicon

Search Terms

dyes and dyeing--domestic, mushrooms, natural dyes

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Arleen Raines Bessette, Alan E. Bessette

Publisher

Syracuse University Press

Place Published

City

Syracuse, NY

Date Published

2001

Call No.

TT854.3.B47

ISBN

081560680X, 9780815606802

LCCN

61224

Notes

Length: 176