- Looks to me like Entoloma bloxamii, commonly known as the big blue pinkgill.
- Laetiporus sulpherus var. miniatus
DSC 3015 s - Lhaga holding Laetiporus sulpherus var miniatus
- A spotted laughing thrush, most of the time they are very shy, but not in this sanctuary
- Mt Chenrezi named for the Buddha of Compasion it reaches 6032 m / 19790 ft
- A curious, hungry finch that ran between our feet
- Shop keepers with dried Saussurea medusa et al., in Chinglish known as snow lotus
- Drolma and Drolma, Tibetan local guides.
- Androsace, a member of the Primulaceae
- Close up of the blue Primula sp.
- A cool lichen, may be a Lethariella, but that is just a guess...
- Mt Chana Dorje in the back with Lungta / Wind horse prayer flags.
- Peak of Mt Chana Dorje towering in South Kham.
Named for the Buddha of Wisdom it reaches 5958 m / 19,547 ft - Gentiana atunsiensis, one of my favorite Gentians. Loves to grow above 4200m!
- At first Drolma was a bit closed and standish apart.
But she really got into mushrooms and kept bringing specimens. - Coprinopsis atramentaria, the ink cap or Tipplers bane, which is also distributed in Europe and North America
- A meadow surrounded by pine forests above Nyade / Yading.
It was the perfect picnic spot until a rain started. - Lepista nuda, the Blewit growing along the path in Nyade, Chinese: Yading
- Our Sulfur shelf (Laetiporus sulpherus) cooked up.
Never did I have a sulfur shelf so tender that it melted on the tongue! - Seasonal matsutake Camp on the Chaktreng-Shangrila border