| AWETO | The mummified body of a caterpillar killed by a fungus and sometimes used as a dye |
| LICHEN | Simple plant consisting of a fungus and an alga (6) |
| HOAX | The mummified "alien" bodies revealed by the Mexican government, e.g. |
| ICEMAN | Ancient mummified body nicknamed Otzi discovered in the Central Alps (3,3) |
| METAMORPHOSIS | Transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly, perhaps (13) |
| CABBAGE | An apparently bonce-shaped cole or brassica to saute, steam or stir-fry, which is the food plant of a caterpillar that metamorphoses into an elegant white butterfly (7) |
| IODINE | Chemical element with the atomic number 53, sometimes used as a dye (6) |
| ORPIMENT | Bright yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulphide, formerly used as a dye and artist's pigment (8) |
| ANCHOR | Nautical object sometimes used as a symbol of hope along with a cross and a heart (for faith and cha |
| TURMERIC | Plant of the ginger family used as a dye (8) |
| GENIPAPO | Tropical American tree whose unripe fruit yields a liquid used as a dye for tattoos (8) |
| SUMAC | Shrub used as a dye and tanning agent |
| DRYROT | What is crumbling and drying of timber caused by a fungus? (3,3) |
| MILDEW | A usually whitish area caused by a fungus that grows on organic matter and living plants (6) |
| TNT | Explosive used as a dye when first invented |
| HENNA | Natural reddish substance often used as a dye. (5) |
| SKELETON | Word, from "mummified, dry", for one's anatomical framework of bones, from a tiny stapes of an ear to a large thick femur of a thigh (8) |
| SACREDIBIS | Bird venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth |
| ERGOT | Disease of rye and other cereals caused by a fungus |
| DIEBACK | Condition, possibly triggered by a fungus, that's attacking and killing eucalypts across Australia |
