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The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer´s Field Guide
Alan E. Bessette
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Description for The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer´s Field Guide
Paperback. This text is a comprehensive reference to some of the more common and best colour-producing dye mushrooms of North America. The book includes step-by-step instructions to the process from collecting the mushrooms to dyeing the wool. Num Pages: 304 pages, 200 colour photographs, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WFB; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 439 x 14. Weight in Grams: 680.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815606802
SKU
V9780815606802
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About Alan E. Bessette
Arleen R. Bessette is coauthor of Mushrooms of Northeastern North America, Wildflowers of New York in Color, and North American Boletes: A Field Guide to the Flesby Pored Mushrooms all Published by Syracuse University Press. Alan E. Bessette is a mycologist and professor of biology at Utica College of Syracuse University. He is coauthor of Mushrooms of Northeastern North America, ... Read more
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