Great Hot springs near Shangri La

A improvised building in the matsutake camp.

Matsutake collector with their heavy harvest waiting until his buddy comes by motorcycle to fetch him.

Our 4 drivers and two guides, all Khampas,

A tiny flowered, but great colored Sedum found in 4500m.

Rhodiola, a rose-root.

Soroseris, a true total high altitude specialist. Wont find it below 4000m / 12,000ft.

At first Drolma was a bit closed and standish apart.

Nyade as the local Tibetans used to know the place, Yading in Chinese.

A spotted laughing thrush, most of the time they are very shy, but not in this sanctuary

Drolma and Drolma, Tibetan local guides.

A creek running through the meadow in Yading

Androsace, a member of the Primulaceae

Coprinopsis atramentaria, the ink cap or Tipplers bane, which is also distributed in Europe and North America

Wild growing hemp. Tibetans love the seeds of hemp.

Our Sulfur shelf (Laetiporus sulpherus) cooked up.

A cool lichen, may be a Lethariella, but that is just a guess...

Looks to me like Entoloma bloxamii, commonly known as the big blue pinkgill.

Laetiporus sulpherus var. miniatus

Suillus cavipes, a larch symbiont apparently distributed all over the Northern Hemisphere wherever larch trees (Larix sp.) occur.