Mushroom dye

Mushrooms can be used to create color dyes.[1]

Mushroom Color inducer Color created
Chanterelle ammonia dull yellow
Artist's conk ammonia rust
Horse mushroom salt water yellowish green
Meadow mushroom salt water yellowish green
Turkey tail ammonia color depends on fungi's color
Shaggy Mane iron pot ammonia greyish-green
King bolete ammonia redish-yellow
Maitake ammonia light yellow
Chicken of the woods ammonia orange
Giant puffball ammonia dark red
Lobster mushroom ammonia pinkish red
Reishi ammonia rust
Blewit ammonia green

The shingled hedgehog mushroom (Sarcodon imbricatus) and related species contain blue-green pigments, which are used for dyeing wool in Norway.[2] The fruiting body of hydnellum peckii can be used to produce a beige colour when no mordant is used, and shades of blue or green depending on the mordant added.[3] P. schweinitzii produces green, yellow, gold, or brown colours, depending on the material dyed and the mordant used.[4]

References

  1. ^ Edible and medicinal mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada (David Spahr, 2009, ISBN 1556437951
  2. ^ Rice M, Beebee D. (1980). Mushrooms for Color. Mad River Press : Eureka.
  3. ^ Bessette A, Bessette AR (2001). The Rainbow Beneath my Feet: a Mushroom Dyer's Field Guide. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. p. 118. ISBN 0-8156-0680-X. http://books.google.com/books?id=1WbvR2PwKcIC&lpg=PA118&dq=Hydnellum%20peckii&lr=&pg=PA118#v=onepage&q=Hydnellum%20peckii&f=false. Retrieved 2010-01-. 
  4. ^ "Dyeing with Mushrooms". Mushroom-Collecting.com. http://mushroom-collecting.com/mushroomdyeing.html. Retrieved 2009-10-26.