How to Dye Red with Mushrooms: Cortinarius smithii

Able to produce one of the rarest colours in nature - a true, brilliant red. We will cover its characteristics, habitat you find it in and then all the steps in how to get colour from it through natural dyeing.

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This medium sized mushrooms packs a powerful dye punch and is highest valued by many in the natural dye community. Like all things we forage for in nature, please don't harvest more than the population can stand and always leave some mushrooms to make more fungi.

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