- A big Amanita hemibapha, the Himalayan Caesar, a choice edible with two eggs that are twice as big as a regular egg
- Eggs of Amanita hemibapha, the Himalayan Caesar, a choice edible
- Cyananthus langiflorus, in the Bellflower / Campanulaceae family.
- A basket full of King boletes (Boletus edulis sensu lato)
- Allium nanodes encountered on a wind swept pass in 4500m
- Phallus regulosus seen while visiting the Panda breeding station in Chengdu on the last day
- Matsutake collector with their heavy harvest waiting until his buddy comes by motorcycle to fetch him.
- Great Hot springs near Shangri La
- Ringha Gompa with prayer flags. We met lots of animals and mushrooms there.
- The city currently known as Shangri La,
formerly for 50 years Zhongdian and before that for many many centuries as Gyalthang, the royal plains by its Tibetan inhabitants. - I love the structure of Polyporus arcularius, a wood digesting Polypore.
- Soroseris, a true total high altitude specialist. Wont find it below 4000m / 12,000ft.
- Several species of Lactarius related to Lactarius deliciosus, like L. hatsudake and L. sanguifluus
- Mountain scenery on the Deqen / Garze Prefectures border, Chinese know as Xiao Shu Shan
- Rhodiola, a rose-root.
Beautiful high altitude specialist that provides powerful high altitude medicine. Lots of research on Rhodiola in Russia. - A improvised building in the matsutake camp.
Matsutake is known by Tibetans as Beshing Shamo, the oak mushroom, since it grows with oaks. - A tiny flowered, but great colored Sedum found in 4500m.
- A mobile matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake) dealer who meets his clients along the hiighway.
- 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. - Goats and prayer flags