Brændte efterårsfarver i maj

Min fryser skulle ryddes, og der lå de sidste efterårssvampe jeg havde, nemlig 1,2 kg blandede slørhatte. Det første bad resulterede i de 3 mørkeste bundter. Den allermørkeste var ubejdset, men farvet i birkebark, som gav en kedelig brungul. Den turde jeg godt overfarve med slørhat. De andre 2 bundter er alunbejdset.

Andet bad gav de to gule nuancer - på alunbejdse. Jeg har læst et sted, at de rødlige farvestoffer trækker først på garnet - og de mere gullige senere. Det ser ud til at være sandt!

Spicy colours in May

I had about 1,2 kg of different Cortinarius mushroom in my freezer which i picked this autumn.

The first bath gave me the 3 darkest colours. 2 with alum+CoT and the darkest was an experiment with Birch bark that originally gave a dull brownish yellow. No worries to try to dye over that one! The second bath produced 2 lovely yellows on alum+CoT.

Admitted - I can't tell all the Cortinarius species from each other, so it's always a bit of a surprise to see how much red dye they contain. I have read somewhere, that the reddish dye get absorbed first - and later the more yellowish. The above result seems to prove this right, I think.