Promoting, pursuing and advancing mycology
Perseguir y hacer avanzar la micología
Poursuivre et faire progresser la mycologie
The following fungi have been tested and found to be useful for dyeing protein-based fibers. Those with stars (**) are especially sought after. Others will impart a color, but may not make strong or deep colors.
Amylocystis lapponica — pinkish beiges and browns Anthracophyllum lateritium — black Apiosporina morbosa — greyish beige, various browns Astraeus pteridis — various light browns Bankera carnosa — See violacens. fuligineo-alba — light golden brown (with copper) violascens — light beiges, greys and greens Boletellus mirabilis — yellows, browns, oranges and olive greens Boletopsis **grisea (AA) — green, grey-green, blue-green subsquamosa — dark greens, black Boletinellus merulioides — browns, orange Boletus aerius — See regineus. badius — See Royoporus badius. carminiporus — yellow-greens, yellows, brownish orange edulis — yellows, browns, oranges and olive greens ferrugineus (spadiceus) — beiges, golds and light browns hypocarycinus — See Suillus hypocarycinus. illudens — See Suillelius illudens. luridiformis — See Neoboletus luridiformis. miniato-olivaceus — yellows, browns, oranges and olive greens mirabilis — See Boletellus mirabilis. paluster — browns, orange piperatus — See Chalciporus piperatus. projectellus — yellows, oranges and browns regineus — yellows, browns, oranges and olive greens rubripes — See Caloboletus rubripes. sensibilis — yellows, browns, oranges and olive greens spadiceus — See ferrugineus. speciosus var. brunneus — See Butryboletus brunneus. subvelutipes — beiges and light browns tenax— beiges and golds zelleri — See Xerocomellus zelleri. Byssomerulios incarnatus — pinkish beiges, browns Butryboletus brunneus — yellows, browns, oranges and olive greens Caloboletus rubripes — beiges and light browns Chalciporus piperatus — various browns rubinellus — browns Chroogomphus jamaicensis — various browns rutilus — various browns and orange vinicolor — various browns Clavariadelphus americanus — beige, light green, light yellow, greyish purple ligula — beige, light green, light brown, greyish purple occidentalis — grey, beige, brown, purple pistillaris — See americanus. truncatus — beiges, greyish purple Collybia acervata — See Connopus acervatus. iocephala — See Gymnopus iocephalus. Connopus acervatus — beiges, yellow, brown Coprinellus micaceus — beiges Coprinopsis atramentaria — beige Coprinus atramentarius — See Coprinopsis atramentaria. micaceus — See Coprinellus micaceus. Cortinarius armillatus — beiges badius — beiges, browns bolaris — browns, greens brunneus — beiges californicus — pinks and purples cinnamomeus — browns corrugatus — beiges and yellows croceofolius — See malicorius. croceus — browns and golds herpeticus — See scaurus. limonius — yellows, oranges, browns malicorius — oranges **marylandensis — reds, purples neosanguineus — reds (AA) phoeniceus var. occidentalis — oranges, reds, purples **sanguineus — oranges, reds, browns, purples **semisanguineus — reds and purples scaurus — yellows, beiges smithii — reds, orange, violet (AA) tubarius — beiges, orange, browns violaceus— greys, light browns whiteae — yellows, oranges, browns Cystostereum murrayi — beiges, pinks Daedalea quercina — beiges, light brown Daedaleopsis confragosa— beiges, light brown Daldinia **concentrica — brown **grandis — greens, brown Dibotryon morbosum — See Apiosporina morbosum. Echinodontium tinctorium — oranges, browns, purples Fistulina hepatica — beiges, browns Flammulina velutipes — beiges, light orange Fomes fasciatus— browns fomentarius — browns, olive Fuscoboletinus paluster — See Boletus paluster. Ganoderma applanatum — beiges, browns curtisii — beiges, browns tsugae — See Polyporus tsugae. Gloeophyllum sepiarium — beiges, golds, browns trabeum — beiges, golds, browns Gomphidius glutinosus — browns subroseus — beiges, browns Gomphus clavatus — greyish purple (with iron) Gymnopilus junonius — yellow, orange, brown, olive liquiritiae — golds, oranges, browns luteofolius — yellow, orange, brown, olive luteus — yellow, orange, brown, olive penetrans— gold, beige, orange, brown sapineus — yellow, orange, brown spectabilis — See junonius. ventricosus — yellow, orange, brown Gymnopus acervatus — See Connopus acervatus. iocephalus — blues, purples, grey Gyrodon merulioides — See Boletinellus merulioides. Gyromitra esculenta — beiges, orange, brown infula — beiges, orange, brown Gyroporus cyanescens — light yellow, beige, orange, gold **Hapalopilus nidulans (rutilans) — purples, brown Hebeloma mesophaeum — beige, yellow Hemistropharia albocrenulata — yellow, beige **Hydnellum aurantiacum — greys, greenish greys caeruleum — blues (some greenish), olive concrescens — browns diabolus — See peckii. peckii — blues (some greenish), olive pineticola— greyish and bluish greens, gray, olive, greenish blue regium — black and greys (some greenish) scrobiculatum (var. zonatum) — See concrescens. spongiosipes — blue, grey, olive suaveolens — greenish blues and browns Hydnum fuligineoviolaceum — See Sarcodon fuligineoviolaceum. imbricatum — See Sarcodon imbricatus. subincarnatum — blues from bluish beige to bluish green Hygrocybe conica — browns, greens Hypholoma aurantica — See Leratiomyces ceres. lateritium — yellow, beige, gold, greenish brown sublateritium — See lateritium. Hypomyces lactifluorum — oranges (pinks and browns with high pH) Inocybe angustispora — pinks, browns Inonotus **hispidus — golds, reddish browns, oranges obliquus — browns rheades — browns, orange tomentosus — See Onnia tomentosa. Ischnoderma benzoinum — browns resinosum — browns Lacrymaria lacrymabunda — pinkish browns Lentinus — See Lenzites. Lenzites betulina — beiges, golds, browns Leptoporus mollis — pinks, browns, red Leratiomyces ceres — yellows, gold, olive, beige Leucocoprinus birnbaumii — beige, yellow-brown, grey Merulius incarnates — See Byssomerulios incarnates. tremellosus — pinkish beiges, browns Neoboletus luridiformis — various beiges and browns Naematoloma aurantiacum — See Leratiomyces ceres. sublateritium — See Hypholoma sublateritium. Oligoporus sp. — See Postia sp. Omphalotus olivascens — greyish purple, olive, blue-green, blackish brown Onnia tomentosa — beige, browns, orange Paxillus **atrotomentosus — See Tapinella atrotomentosa. involutus — pinkish and greenish browns panuoides — See Tapinella panuoides. Peniophora quercina — beiges, pinks **Phaeolus schweinitzii — gold, orange, brown, olive Phellinus chrysoloma — golds, oranges, browns everhartii — oranges, browns gilvus — browns, oranges robineae — oranges, browns **Phellodon alboniger — See melaleucus. atratus— dark blues and greens, greenish blue confluens — grey-browns, olive, bluish green melaleucus — — bluish grey and green, blues (some greenish), olive niger — greys, grey blue, grey green tomentosus — browns, beige Phlebia incarnate — See Byssomerulios incarnate. tremellosa — See Merulius tremellosus. Pholiota albocrenulata — See Hemistropharia albocrenulata. aurivella — beiges, yellows, light brown flammans— yellow, oranges, brown, olive malicola — beiges, gold squarrosa — beiges, gold squarrosoides — yellow, browns, gold velaglutinosa — yellow, oranges, browns Phylloporus leucomycelinus — beiges, gold pelletieri — beiges, gold rhodoxanthus — beiges, gold **Pisolithus arhizus — dark brown tinctorius — See arhizus. Polyozellus multiplex — greys (blue and green), moss-green Polyporus badius — beige, gold, olive elegans — See leptocephalus. leptocephalus — beige, gold, olive melanopus — beige, browns picipes — See varius. tsugae — beiges, browns varius — beige, gold, olive Polyrhizum (geaster) — browns Postia caesia — beige, brown fragilis — beige, greenish brown Psathyrella velutina — See Lacrymaria lacrymabunda. Pulveroboletus ravenelii — yellows, gold, olive Pycnoporellus fulgens — beige, orange, light brown Pycnoporus cinnabarinus — See coccineus. coccineus — light to medium golden brown sanguineus — See coccineus. Ramaria abietina — beiges, grey ochraceovirens — See abietina. Royoporus badius — yellows, browns, oranges Russula ventricosipes — light brownish orange, light yellow brown **Sarcodon fuligineoviolaceus — blues (greenish to grey) fuscoindicus — blues (greenish to grey) imbricatus — beige, grey-greens, bluish grey joeides — beige, blue-greens, blue scabrosus — beige, blue (some greenish) subincarnatus — See Hydnum subincarnatum. underwoodii — beige, blues, bluish green Sarcodontia setosa — pinkish brown Scleroderma geaster — See Polyrhizum geaster. macrorhizon — browns (pinkish) meridionale — browns (pinkish) polyrhizon — browns Stereum murrayi — beiges, pinks tuberculosum — See Peniophora quercina. Stropharia ambigua — greenish greys and browns Suillelius illudens — beiges and golds Suillus americanus — beiges and browns clintonianus — See grevillei. cothurnatus — beige, brown, orange granulatus — beige, brown, orange grevillei — beige, browns, grey hypocarycinus — various beiges and browns Tapinella **atrotomentosa — purple, olive, dark blue, dark brown panuoides — purple grey, olive, greenish brown Thelephora anthocephala — browns, grey-greens, black palmata — browns, grey-greens, black terrestris — browns, grey-brown vialis — greenish greys and blues, bluish greys, olive Trametes hirsuta — greys, blues, greens pubescens — greys, blues, greens versicolor (blue form only) — greys, blues, greens Tricholoma vaccinum — beige, yellow, brown Tricholomopsis rutilans — yellow-browns Tylopilus alboater — beige, browns from greenish to pinkish atronicotianus — beige, browns from greenish to pinkish Xerocomellus zelleri — yellows, oranges and browns