I foraged Dyers' Polypore: Let's Experiment with the "endless" Dye Mushroom

[@MijnWolden]

Apologies for the soundquality! Do you have any fungi tips for more dyeing adventures?

[@JillianEve]

Great timing! I'm playing with mushroom dye too. I love how you got such vibrant colors with your dyer's polypore! I can't wait to see what else you dye up next! 🍄

[@MijnWolden]

Great minds think alike 😉

[@104holly2]

Thanks!

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you!

[@AndreaAlexander]

Oooooh, that color is amaaaazing! I can't wait to see what you make with it 🥰💛💛💛💛

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you, it gave me all kinds of ideas!

[@AmyMcScience]

Such a beautiful color! 😍

[@micahmilne]

Cortinarius mushrooms grow worldwide. The subgroup "dermocybe" makes various shades of red dyes. I know that some of them grow in Europe, though I don't remember any specifics. They can make beautiful colors, though.

[@micahmilne]

There's a wikipedia article about Dermocybe mushrooms that gives decent basics. There are some excellent videos here on youtube about using them for dye that apply regardless of location. Try looking up C. Sanguineus and C. Semisanguineus. Both are good dyers which occur in Europe. There are many others as well. Handle with caution, though. This genus contains some of the most poisonous mushrooms in the world, so don't touch your face while handling them, don't cross-contaminate, etc.

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you, I'll look into them!

[@sophievassal9023]

Yes, I'm in France and there are some of Cortinarius. But the question is : is it not dangerous to wear something dyed with Cortinarus ? Sorry, my english is not very well. @@micahmilne

[@lenah.2276]

Actually, I just tried it last week, and out of about ten tiny cortinarious mushrooms, I got about 1 bat of dark orange/light red wool. That was really cool! 😅 And I live in Bavaria, Germany. So the same species should be found in Belgium too. Though they were really tiny. I found them still with their cortina on and some dark red gills in a mixed sprouce- beech forest on alkaline soil. The next days I will try some other cortinarious species I found last weekend.

[@FoolishTobias]

I’ve just finished dyeing with lobster mushrooms! They’ve turned out a lovely pastel bubblegum colour!

[@MijnWolden]

Lobster mushroom, noted. Will keep an eye out for that one! (First need to find the Dutch name so that I know what I encounter)

[@FoolishTobias]

I’m pretty sure that they are a North American only species

[@MijnWolden]

@FoolishTobias egh, what a greedy continent, keeping all the good parasites to itself

[@jenniferbrighty5120]

Hi Jente, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️ Your Mushroom Dying looks amazing. All the Fibre had a really sunny look to them. I can't wait to see how each colour spins up and what you make with your Handspun Yarns . Happy Spinning and Dying Fibre Friend 🎉🎡🐑🍄🥰🥰 Hope you're having a Wonderful Week ☀️🌞🌞 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕

[@MijnWolden]

It gives a lot of inspiration indeed 😁

[@hekseketeldye]

Hi I just now found your channel, how nice to find a fellow Dutchie who talks about mushroom dyeing and spinning. There is lots to watch in the near future, I see. We live in the woodsbetween Zwolle and the german border. Are you anywhere near us? The dyers polypore are abundant over here. Staatsbosbeheer had done a lot of sawing and then the dyers polypore are the most happy. You don't have to worry about removing them, they are parasitic on the trees. I can dry a few for you and send some. We have lots of Velvet Pax (zwartvoetkrulzoom or tapinella atrotomentosa) here now. They are really nice for dyeing purple and green with iron. The Really red cortinarius or Bloedrode gordijnzwam are protected and very very rare in our regions. You can dye with a combination of boletes or boleten. As far as I know, lobsters don't grow over here. What is a shame. Do you know the mushroom colour atlas? there is lots of info to find. Groetjes uit Overijssel

[@MijnWolden]

It's a small difference only, but I'm not a Dutchie... I'm Belgian 😉 Thank you for the tips, what grows in the Netherlands probably grows here too 😁

[@hekseketeldye]

@@MijnWolden Sorry, now I know it, I can hear it a little bit in your accent. I lived in the border town Of Baarle Nassau in my youth so I should have known better. ;-) I think that what grows by us can grow in Belgium too. loved the results you got from the dyers polypore.

[@MijnWolden]

@@hekseketeldye Yes, my very Flemish accent, with soft g's and rolling r's :D (I have cousins in the Netherlands, who love poking fun at us, and vica versa)

[@elizabethstreeter2145]

Love the colours you got now as you said to find some more soon so it doesn’t change colour and dye enough to make something substantial

[@MijnWolden]

That's the plan 😎

[@countbaldwiniv]

Nature is awesome!❤

[@MijnWolden]

It is!

[@linr8260]

Mushrooms really are fun guys in general. Love the colours, they're so warm (until they hit the iron bath anyway)

[@MijnWolden]

Iron tends to do that with most colours, what a cold dude...

[@titobear13]

Such beautiful colour! I learn so much from your videos. You have such a fun personality! Thank you for posting

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@afoxgloveshandiwork]

AMAZING! The colors are so stunning!

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@StephanieMayfieldDIG]

What a gorgeous colour!

[@MijnWolden]

Right?!

[@saraht855]

Just like The Pretty Reckless, you make me want to dye

[@MijnWolden]

I'm in good Company, then 😉

[@raevynwoods9403]

No fungi tips, but if you're wearing gloves that are way too big a way to get them to stay on your hands better is to put a hairtie around them on your wrist. It will leave a red mark like a too-tight hairtie always will when you wear them around your wrists, but it will keep the gloves pulled down on your hands. And if you're scared of dyestuff getting onto your watch, you can also make sure that the elastic is further up your arm than the watch, keeping the watch safe under the gloves. What a beautiful colour you got from those mushrooms! So cool. I finally did my own first dyeing last month, with onionskins. It was surprisingly easy, although maybe not something I will try in my own apartment that has no outside space...

[@MijnWolden]

It's wondrous how my brain can make complex mental gymnastics, but not think of hair elastics... I imagine your appartment now smells like very potent onion soup? 😁

[@raevynwoods9403]

@@MijnWolden No, luckily I could spend a weekend with my mom, who has a garden and a shed for when it started to rain (the shed did indeed smell like very potent onion soup :P)

[@MijnWolden]

@raevynwoods9403 onion shed 😎

[@partyfiesta1557]

Thanks for this video and your bubbly personality. I really needed this after such a shitty day! Hugs from Provence

[@MijnWolden]

I hope tomorrow is better ❤️

[@partyfiesta1557]

@@MijnWolden it will be full of spinning Basuto mohair and some silk hankies (having a hard time with those) so it’s gonna be fun!

[@leahgroess5361]

I'm amazed that you got 100% certainty on mushroom identification, but maybe in your area that's the only mushroom that looks even remotely like that. I would really only worry about being that certain of a mushroom if I was planning on eating it, if you thought you had a dye source that didn't end up doing much, it's not a disaster. I'm really going to need to look into dye modifiers (especially iron) if I'm going to explore natural dyeing more next year, because as impressive as that vibrant yellow is, I am all about the greyed-out colors!

[@MijnWolden]

Yeah, I don't think there is any mushroom native to where I live that has those characteristics. And if deadlines for KZbin videos weren't a thing, I would be happy enough to just throw any mushroom in my pot, but somehow you want to make fun videos with nice outcomes too :D Iron is a remarkable modifier, and so easy to make! If you enjoy those greyed out colours it's awesome to work with. But you could also start with a grey fleece or yarn and overdye that with the desired colours.

[@BearsCrochetCritters]

This was wonderful. I am fond of mushrooms and lichen and enjoy trying to identify the ones I find. One idea for your future dye experiments is to explore lichen dyes. I'm not certain what variety is available in your area, but I would look into Shield Lichen (Parmeliaceae family). Happy dying and spinning to you.

[@MijnWolden]

Lichens are on my to dye list indeed!

[@kalka1l]

I wanted to recommend rock tripe (Umbilicaria mammulata) as I believe it should be easy to find in your region. The color is stunning!

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you for the tip!

[@104holly2]

Oct 7 ‘24 from a van den Heuvel born in NJ, USA i am so glad to find you today. I am a botanical dyer and printer just starting to experiment with fungi. On my way home after foraging far away and finding a huge burgundy red rishi and what i hope is a dyers poly pore similar to yours.. both of which i just brought back a portion of. I only need a very small amount since i am only wanting to test for color on silk and paper then turn it to a tiny amount of pigment. My flight has been changed and i have extra hours at the airport so what a joy it was to have your KZbin pop up! This was a year ago so i hop you have found more.

[@MijnWolden]

I have found another one in the same place (sort of). There are so many interesting mushrooms to dye with :D

[@Tinas_Workshop]

That came out stunning. I love fungi too but have not yet dyed with it. I just did a video on pokeberry, that was fun but super messy.

[@MijnWolden]

Pokeberry is sadly not native to where I live, because I have seen lovely results with it!

[@Tinas_Workshop]

@MijnWolden I get that, there are a few things I want to try that are not native to me either. I didn't know pokeberry was til last year when I found some in my dad's backyard.

[@1973shw]

Love this video, the colour is amazing! ❤

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@cairistionacollins7893]

Oooh I love this! My daughter loves to forage mushrooms, but she finds them to eat. This is way more interesting!!! hahaha! I did hear that Cortinarius mushrooms give beautiful colours from deep red through pink and orange and grows throughout the North of England where we are and Northern Europe . One to look out for . Thank you for sharing!

[@MijnWolden]

I dislike the texture of mushrooms as a good, because I think it would be super cool to forage for food too. But I'll be sticking to dye ☺️

[@cairistionacollins7893]

@@MijnWolden 😆😆

[@LusiaKnits]

Lovely❤

[@MijnWolden]

Thanks 😁

[@jaynemccabe8701]

I really like your energy

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@biblioknitting9695]

A mini-musical video! I have no dyeing tips, but I enjoyed the meme throw back opening

[@MijnWolden]

I'm glad you enjoyed 😁

[@tattercandy]

looks great

[@MijnWolden]

Thank you ☺️

[@Zulwind]

any girl that watched this video and enjoyed it id date in a heartbeat.. :o

[@MijnWolden]

That's quite a large dating pool 😅

[@leslieambailey]

You got an excellent result! Please let us know if it is lightfast after a while. You were particularly adorable in this video, but I know the real words to that song 🤣

[@MijnWolden]

I believe everyone knows the words to that song... 😇

[@leslieambailey]

@@MijnWolden I doubt it!!

[@woolaroundtheworld]

I don't know anything about mushrooms (most of mylife i didn't even eat them). But i cheer on your shenanigans and appreciate the lovely, color you got

[@MijnWolden]

(I still don't eat them, can't stand the texture in my mouth, it's a sensory thing)

[@michellebruton6287]

What a lovely yellow. Can't wait to see what it looks like spun into yarn and made into something beautiful. So a very old tree fell over at the bottom of the farm where I have a little cottage, and I found what I believe to be a large Polypore mushroom on it, but the mushroom is very very dry and crumbly, but I have collected it. I am slowly slowly gathering and setting up everything I need to make natural dyes using plants and flowers that I find on the farm - my challenge is two fold - I have not done this before and I was gifted 6 large balls of raw cotton yarn - which I believe is a more involved process to dye - but I am not afraid (well just a little). I hope to let you know sooon if my beautiful mushroom produces a good colour .

[@MijnWolden]

Being just a little afraid is the natural reaction 😁

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

Inspired by your dyeing shenanigans and by several videos by Becca Lewis (she’s a spinner and a veteran at natural dyeing) I’m in the process of collecting onion skins and lichen. I’m working on one of my neighbours to part with immature walnuts and some walnut leaves. I’m drying the lichen (collected off fallen branches) and the walnut parts will go in the freezer. If another sizeable branch happens to tumble down one of my birch trees, that inner bark will join the baggies of walnut parts in the freezer. My daughter would like a gradient scarf in warm, autumnal tones. That means going from a rich brown to a yellow to, perhaps, a cream tone to complete the gradient. I have absolutely no idea how this is going to play out but hey, free dyestuff and the opportunity to spectacularly fail… or succeed. My kinda challenge. Especially since I’ve never attempted dyeing.

[@MijnWolden]

Good luck! Walnuts are a great dyestuff, they don't need a mordant because they're so rich in tannins.

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

@@MijnWolden - Even better! I have used walnut husks to draw and paint… and sometimes use them as a free source of tannins for my meads. How I didn’t remember that tannins are a mordant… probably a solid case of Weekend Brain. LOL

[@jokeklein7879]

Wat een prachtige kleur is het geworden! Ik ben benieuwd of je nog meer Europese paddenstoelen kunt vinden om mee te verven.

[@MijnWolden]

Ik houd in elk geval een oogje in het zeil!

[@ShanaH414]

A mushroom walks into a bar. The bartender says, “You can’t come in here.” The mushroom says,”Why not? I’m a fun guy.” 😂

[@MijnWolden]

😂

[@sabrinajudt5719]

🍄‍🟫❤

[@downeastbeast6448]

As people have stated, Lobster mushrooms (Hypomyces lactiflourum) have tons of great colors that change depending on the age of the sample. Even though you can't get them in Europe, it shouldn't be too hard to get them from Etsy, or someplace like that. H. lactiflourum used for dyes are usually cheaper than the ones used for eating. Chanterelles are also known to have dye-worthy properties, and should grow in Europe Boletus edulus, aka the King bolete, or Penny bun, has a reddish-yellow reaction with ammonia as a catalyst, and that should be common in your neck of the woods, too en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_dye