Hunting for Dye Mushrooms
On Saturday, May 4th The Mushroom Hunting Foundation presented an educational lecture about creating textile dyes from mushrooms, followed by a field trip to Lincoln Woods to forage for our own local dye mushrooms. Workshop go-ers learned how to identify and categorize different species of local edible and dye mushrooms, discussed foraging safety and etiquette, and successfully foraged for over 5 different mushroom species including turkey-tail mushrooms, polypores, and trichaptum fungi.
This workshop was open to all RISD/Brown students, staff, and faculty. Spaces were limited and available on a first come, first-served basis. We met in the Biodesign Makerspace on the lower level of the Waterman Building and transportation to the woods was provided by bus.
