You can use mushrooms for more then just eating.
They also make the most amazing prints, very vintage and cool looking.
You need:
a few pages from an old book
10-12 fresh mushrooms, important that they are fresh
hairspray
Remove the stems and place them on the book pages and cover with a large bowl.
Let stand for at least 1 hour.
Lift the bowls and spray the paper with hairspray.
You will need to do 3 coatings.
What happened is that the spores of the mushrooms fell onto the paper and made the most wonderful print.
For awesome recipes using mushrooms, look here!
Photo by Ellen Silverman
Not a huge fan of mushrooms!! But this is cool!
Posted by: Northern Girl Knits | October 22, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Wow... what a cool idea. I never thought of it! :-)
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
Posted by: Luciane at HomeBunch.com | October 22, 2010 at 02:32 PM
A couple years ago we had a wet spring and mushrooms popped up everywhere. I wanted to identify them and bought a guidebook. It turns out making a mushroom print is important to identifying them. I'm so mad this cool idea of turning them into art prints didn't occur to me then. I hated throwing the papers away, the prints were so beautiful.
Posted by: NancyG | October 22, 2010 at 03:12 PM
What a great idea! I do a lot of stamping with leaves but never thought about the possibility of a mushroom... Love your creativity!
Posted by: Laura | October 24, 2010 at 09:21 AM
Love your creativity..thank you dude
Posted by: sitelermobilya | October 24, 2010 at 07:13 PM
Oooh, I used to do that when I was a kid! So cute! Thanks for reminding me the idea!
Posted by: christelle is flabbergasting | November 05, 2010 at 01:47 PM