Tsongu Gompa (Gelukpa tradition). Chinese tourists know it as Chongu Sii
Brand new statue of Tsongkhapa in Lithang Gonpa, the founder of the Gelukpa tradition- Tsongkhapa in Lithang Chode Gompa
Stellera chamaejasme, with yellow and white flowers
Suillus cavipes growing in Yading
Ringha Gompa with prayer flags. We met lots of animals and mushrooms there.
Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) checking out flower at teh Panda center
Pterocephalus hookeri, great geometry!
I love the structure of Polyporus arcularius, a wood digesting Polypore.
A small Primula common in Nyade / Yading> I wishe di could attach a name!
Phallus regulosus seen while visiting the Panda breeding station in Chengdu on the last day
A Pheasant (Phasanius colchicus) crossing the road.
Panda (Ailuropodus melaonleuca) reclining in Chnegdu Panda Breeding Center
A tiny orchid seen Nyade
Mushroom dealer with Himalayan Gypsies (Rozites emodensis) and Leccinum.
Neottia acuminata orchis,
Drolma looking for porcinis high above a valley in Nyachuka (Chinese: Yajiang)
Flower of Neottia acuminata that is distributed from the Himalayas to Korea and East Sibirea
Mushroom dealer in Dartsendo with a Tricholoma species looking quite a bit like T. saponaceum, but it is not the Soap knight.
Mushroom dealer in Dartsendo / Kangding holding King boletes