- Boletus edulis group seen above Nyachuka / Yajiang
- Chanterelles! Maybe something like Cantharellus minor, I am not sure.
- A lovely group of Asters (Erigeron sp.)
- Neottia acuminata orchis,
a myco-heterotroph orchid found in the matsutake forest in Nyarong. Reminds me of Allotropa virgata aka Candy stick orchid feeding of American Matsutake. - Flower of Neottia acuminata that is distributed from the Himalayas to Korea and East Sibirea
- Matsutake collector we met in the oak woods above Nyachuka
- Matsutake collector we met in the oak woods
- Matsutake collector we met in the oak woods
- Matsutake collector we met in the oak woods
- Tashi is observing spore disposal from a Spathularia
- Spathularia flava, a common fungus in East Tibet
- Searching for porcini
- 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. - An accident. No insurance cards out there. It has to be settled right there. An hour later a deal was struck and the road opened.
- Stellera chamaejasme, with yellow and white flowers
- A species of Boletus or Xerocomus
- Juncus allioides - No wetland junk is! Pretty nice flowers for a grass, eh?
- Rheum alexandrae Alexanders Rhubarb, an high altitude specialist
- Looks like an Allium prattii to me, but there is many different species of wild onions.
- Gymnadenia orchidis - I love finding orchids! Check out my Tibetan Orchid page.