- Be Sha sales woman. Be sha is the Tibetan name for pine mushrooms, but means oak mushroom.
In Tibet they are associated with evergreen oaks. - Boletus edulis group seen above Nyachuka / Yajiang
- Brand new statue of Tsongkhapa in Lithang Gonpa, the founder of the Gelukpa tradition
- Catathelasma imperialis on the market in Dartsendo = Kangding, Ganzi Prefecture
- Chanterelles! Maybe something like Cantharellus minor, I am not sure.
- Cimicifuga yunnanensis flower, a woodland plant. Its close American relatives are known as cohosh or bugbane
- Close up of the blue Primula sp.
- Cloud-enshrouded peak of Mt Chenrezi with a glacial lake
- Coprinopsis atramentaria, the ink cap or Tipplers bane, which is also distributed in Europe and North America
- Cyananthus langiflorus, in the Bellflower / Campanulaceae family.
- Dorje, a mobile matsutake dealer we met in Nyachuka
- Dorje, Angela, Tenpe Nyima, Shannon, Velma, Eloise with Prince, aka Agaricus augustus)
- Drolma and Drolma, Tibetan local guides.
- Drolma and Tsering Tashi and his mother.
Tsering Tashi had studied law and speaks English. Very few Tibetans are learning English in the Chinese educational system. - Drolma king bolete searching.
- Drolma looking for porcinis high above a valley in Nyachuka (Chinese: Yajiang)
- Eggs of Amanita hemibapha, the Himalayan Caesar, a choice edible
- Finding the amazing Laccaria amethystea is always a treat! Luckily it is not rare.
- Flower of Neottia acuminata that is distributed from the Himalayas to Korea and East Sibirea
- Fritillaria bulbs put in the sun for drying.
They are a major medicinal, often used against a cold among other applications