- Laccaria amethystina - the purple deceiver, what a mushroom!
- Laccaria amethystina
- Kunzang Dra Nye hermitage in Tang Valley (3250m / 10,680ft)
Padmasambhava and his student Namkhe Nyinpo mediated here in the 7th Century, but the present site was founded in 1488 by Pema Lingpa - Karma showing off her Amanita hemibapha she found near Kunzangdra
- Hydnellum teeth
- 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! - Humaria hemisphaerica, the Hairy Fairy Cup
- House painters at work in Ura
- Himalayan Caesar mushroom - Amanita hemibapha, a choice edible. It was first described in the 1860s from neighboring Sikkim.
- Helvella crispa, the White elfin saddle seen near Jakar
- Guepinia helvelloides
- Gloeophyllum sepiarum?
- Gills of Gymnopilus? seen at Dochu La
- Geoglossum HA DW Ms
- Exidia sp. growing on rose
This fungus is sought after by Chinese buyers who pay hundreds of dollars for a pound of dried fungus. - Eleagnus parvifolia known in Dzonkha as Bji berry. One of our favorites.
It is related to Russian olives, but has nothing to do with olives. - Dragon Gargoyle seen Kunzang Dra
- 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 - Crotalaria sessiliflora?
- Craterellus sp. seen in Dorjibi under oak near Jakar