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Loading... The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer's Field Guideby Arleen R. Bessette, Alan E. Bessette
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book , The Rainbow Beneath My Feet A Mushroom Dyer's Field Guide, has excellent color plates of dye mushrooms taken from the top and bottom, in addition to detailed taxonomic guide, which will help to identify the dye mushrooms. It also gives preserving, mordanting, etc. information applicable both generally and individually. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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 mushroom. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)667.26Technology Chemical Technology Bleaching; Dyeing; Inks; Paints DyesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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