The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer's Field Guide by Arleen Rainis Bessette & Alan E. Bessette

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The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer's Field Guide by Arleen Rainis Bessette & Alan E. Bessette

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The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer's Field Guide by Arleen Rainis Bessette & Alan E. Bessette

6328 San Pablo Ave

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6328 San Pablo Ave
Oakland CA 94608
United States

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.