Dyeing with fungi.

It was a really dismal, drizzly day, so we went to Keswick for a walk in the woods. There were quite a few different fungi, but few opportunities for decent photos given the weather! Back at home though we tried dyeing with some lurid boletes - and were surprised by the vibrancy of the colours.

Beef steak fungus, something pretty! and black bulgar fungus.

Boiling the lurid boletes to extract the colour.

Dyed Dorset horn, herdwick, Valais black-nose and jacob.