- Searching for porcini
- Spathularia flava, a common fungus in East Tibet
- Tashi is observing spore disposal from a Spathularia
- Matsutake collector we met in the oak woods
- Matsutake collector we met in the oak woods
- Matsutake collector we met in the oak woods
- Matsutake collector we met in the oak woods above Nyachuka
- 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
- A lovely group of Asters (Erigeron sp.)
- Chanterelles! Maybe something like Cantharellus minor, I am not sure.
- Boletus edulis group seen above Nyachuka / Yajiang
- Drolma looking for porcinis high above a valley in Nyachuka (Chinese: Yajiang)
- Drolma king bolete searching.
- A very close relative of the king bolete, Boletus edulis.
It is traded and finds its way into export to Italy. You might have enjoyed it when buying dried porcini from Italy - Kham July 12 335 s
Orgyen Rinchen with Matsutake in Nyachuka - Kham / Yajiang - Ganzi, Sichuan - Orgyen Rinchen with one of many matsutake he picked that morning.
- Laccaria amethystea, a Boletus / Xerocomus sp. and another Laccaria
- Finding the amazing Laccaria amethystea is always a treat! Luckily it is not rare.
- Dorje, Angela, Tenpe Nyima, Shannon, Velma, Eloise with Prince, aka Agaricus augustus)