Mushrooms can be used to create color dyes via color-extraction with a solvent (often ammonia) as well as particulation of raw material.[1] The shingled hedgehog mushroom 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 color when no mordant is used, and shades of blue or green depending on the mordant added.[3] Phaeolus schweinitzii produces green, yellow, gold, or brown colors, depending on the material dyed and the mordant used.[4]

MushroomColor catalystColor created
Chanterelleammoniadull yellow
Artist's conkammoniarust
Horse mushroomsalt wateryellowish green
Meadow mushroomsalt wateryellowish green
Turkey tailammoniavariable
False turkey tailammoniavariable
Shaggy maneiron pot/ammoniagreyish-green
King boleteammoniareddish-yellow
Oyster mushroomiron pot/ammoniagreyish-green
Lobster mushroomammoniacinnamon pink to red
Dyer's polyporeammonia
copper pot/ammonia
iron pot/ammonia
salt water
orange
deep green
rust red
yellow (fluorescent under UV)
Maitakeammonialight yellow
Chicken of the woodsammoniaorange
Giant puffballammoniadark red
Lingzhiammoniarust
Blewitammoniagreen

See also

References

  1. Edible and medicinal mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada (David Spahr, 2009, ISBN 1-55643-795-1
  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. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  4. "Dyeing with Mushrooms". Mushroom-Collecting.com. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
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