- Boletus reticuloceps found in Ura
Boletus reticuloceps, an excellent king bolete associate with conifers distributed in the Eastern Himalayas and Eastern Tibet. It was first described from the Tibetan areas in Yunnan. Then it was named as Aureboletus reticuloceps, but in 2005 in Sydowia 57-1 Wang, Q. B. & Y. J. Yao published "Boletus reticuloceps, a new combination for Aureoboletus reticuloceps" - Eleagnus parvifolia known in Dzonkha as Bji berry. One of our favorites.
It is related to Russian olives, but has nothing to do with olives. - Amanita greenish annulus
- Boletus reticuloceps, a choice edible porcini growing with spruce in Ura, Bumthang, Bhutan
- Hydnellum "peckii"
Hydnellum, maybe H. peckii, known commonly as Bleeding tooth fungus and in North America as "strawberries and cream". The orange to red drops are guttation, a liquid oozed out by some fungi, probably for defense, think chemical warfare and also to catch the eye of photographers! - Panax pseudoginseng - Ginseng growing wild in Bhutan
- Pseudocolus sp. stinkhorn seen near a small willow in the spruce forest above Ura
- Cicada Thinyel Gang DW Ms
- Cyanosis vaga a common weed. This spiderwort related to tradescentia
Cyanosis vaga is a common tiny weed growing on the edges of fields & forest in the Himalayas - Austroboletus olivaceoglutinosus on Dochung La
- Kunzang Dra Nye hermitage in Tang Valley (3250m / 10,680ft)
Padmasambhava and his student Namkhe Nyinpo mediated here in the 7th Century, but the present site was founded in 1488 by Pema Lingpa - Karma showing off her Amanita hemibapha she found near Kunzangdra
- Punakha Dzong Punakha Dzong (1220 m / 3,900 ft)
- Chanterelle selling lady in Lobesa
- Asterophora lycoperdoides growing on a decaying Russula.
- Chanterelle seller seen at Pele La
- Gills of Gymnopilus? seen at Dochu La
- Spathulariopsis velutipes
- Satyrium nepalense orchid
- House painters at work in Ura