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- Boletus reticuloceps found in Ura
Boletus reticuloceps, an excellent king bolete associate with conifers distributed in the Eastern Himalayas and Eastern Tibet. It was first described from the Tibetan areas in Yunnan. Then it was named as Aureboletus reticuloceps, but in 2005 in Sydowia 57-1 Wang, Q. B. & Y. J. Yao published "Boletus reticuloceps, a new combination for Aureoboletus reticuloceps" - Hydnellum "peckii"
Hydnellum, maybe H. peckii, known commonly as Bleeding tooth fungus and in North America as "strawberries and cream". The orange to red drops are guttation, a liquid oozed out by some fungi, probably for defense, think chemical warfare and also to catch the eye of photographers! - Karma showing off her Amanita hemibapha she found near Kunzangdra
- Amanita hemibapha young ed Cr DW Ms
- Amanita greenish annulus
- Langurs in an oak tree close to Taktsang = Tiger's Nest
- Cordyceps farinosa seen near Jakar
- Cyanosis vaga a common weed. This spiderwort related to tradescentia
Cyanosis vaga is a common tiny weed growing on the edges of fields & forest in the Himalayas - Punakha Dzong Punakha Dzong (1220 m / 3,900 ft)
- House painters at work in Ura
- Monk who had found the Amanita hemipapha I had hidden for picking up on the return hike in Phajoding
- Himalayan Caesar mushroom - Amanita hemibapha, a choice edible. It was first described in the 1860s from neighboring Sikkim.
- Chanterelles, probably Cantharellus cibarius growing in Taktsang
- Chanterelle selling lady in Lobesa
- Laccaria amethystina - the purple deceiver, what a mushroom!
- Pseudocolus sp. stinkhorn seen near a small willow in the spruce forest above Ura
- Phallus impudicus disp Bhutan DW Ms
- Podostroma solmsii? parasitizing a Phallus impudicus egg near Jakar, Bumthang in 2700m / 8800 ft in pine forest.
- Podostroma solmsii transected
- Scutellinia scutellata? seen in Taktsang