Recommended Reading
Articles by Alissa Allen:
- Nature’s Colorways: Conjuring the Chemistry and Culture of Natural Lichens for Dyes: An Easy and Ethical Approach (2021) Long Thread Media
- Fibershed - Regional Palettes: A Closer Look at Northern California Dye Mushrooms
- FUNGI Magazine - Getting Started with Lichen Dyes
- Mushroom Revival: DIY Mushroom Dyeing: How to Use Mushrooms as a Natural Dye December, 2020
-
True Colors: World Masters of Natural Dyes and Pigments Recker (2019) Thrums Books
Other books:
- Mushrooms for Color Rice (1980) Mad River Press.
- Mushrooms for Dyes, Paper, Pigments and Myco-Stix Rice (2007) Mushrooms for Color Press.
- Rainbow Beneath My Feet Bessette & Bessette (2001) Syracuse University Press.
- Lichen Dyes: The New Source Book Casselman (2011) Studio Vista Publications.
- Lichens of North America Brodo, Sharnoff & Sharnoff (2001) Yale University Press
- Mushrooms Demystified Arora (1986) Ten Speed Press
- Mushrooms of the Midwest Kuo & Methven (2014) University of Illinois Press
- Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast Siegel &Schwarz (2016) Ten Speed Press
Supplies:
- Mordants earthguild.com
- Wool and Silk dharmatrading.com
- Ethically Sourced Artisan Supplies Maiwa.com
Mushroom identification/data/citizen science - on the web:
- iNaturalist - iNaturalist.org
- Mushroom Observer - mushroomobserver.org
Mycological Societies
- North America Mushroom Clubs http://www.namyco.org/clubs.php