KERAMIC STUDIO 
INKY COPRINUS 
MUSHROOMS 
H. Barclay Paist 
TALL LEPIOTA (PARASOL MUSHROOM) 
THIS mushroom is cream white with brown patches^ stems 
same white shaded irregularly with brown, white gills. 
For shading use Copenhagen Gre}", for brown markings Sepia. 
These mushrooms grow from 3 to 7 inches high and are among 
the most beautiful mushroom. s 
GENUS CORTINARIUS 
Paint the top of the mushroom a creamy brown. The gills 
are lavender, varying from a deep color in the young ones to a 
pale color and turning brown in the old -ones. The small 
inushrooms in the study are the Cortinarius Alboviolaceus, 
they have pale lavender caps with deep violet gills; stems color 
of the caps. They may be found in clumps of moss and with 
bits of the moss often sticking to them in little patches. For 
the pale color use a delicate mixture of blue and rose pink, 
using deep violet (Rubj^ Purple and Dark Blue or a prepared 
Violet) for the gills. Copenhagen Blue with a bit of violet 
added will do for the caps and stems. For the moss. Moss 
Green, Brown Green and Dark Grej^. 
INKY COPRINUS (iNK CAPS) 
The caps and stems are of a creamy or smoky hue. Use 
Dresden, Yellow Ochre and shade with Copenhagen Grey. 
The gills are the color of ink (blue black), use Black, adding a 
little Dark Blue and Ruby. The spotted ink cap is darker in 
color. Use same colors for caps and stems, only stronger, 
making the spots with Sepia. The gills are similar to those 
of the former varietj''. Make the soil around look mossv and 
rich with greens and browns. 
TALL LEPIOTA 
CORTINARIUS 
