Phallus regulosus seen while visiting the Panda breeding station in Chengdu on the last day

Peak of Mt Chana Dorje towering in South Kham.

Panda (Ailuropodus melaonleuca) reclining in Chnegdu Panda Breeding Center

Our Sulfur shelf (Laetiporus sulpherus) cooked up.

Our guide Dorje (left) and Chögyal, one of our 4 drivers

Our 4 drivers and two guides, all Khampas,

Orgyen Rinchen with one of many matsutake he picked that morning.

Nyade as the local Tibetans used to know the place, Yading in Chinese.

Number 1 and 2 Matsutake mushrooms on the main mushroom market near Gyalthang / Shangri La

Nomad woman with typical 108 hair braids.

Neottia acuminata orchis,

Mushroom dealer with Himalayan Gypsies (Rozites emodensis) and Leccinum.

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

Mt Chenrezi named for the Buddha of Compasion it reaches 6032 m / 19790 ft

Mt Chanadorje with pilgrims and prayer flags

Mt Chanadorje peak

Mt Chana Dorje in the back with Lungta / Wind horse prayer flags.

Mountain scenery on the Deqen / Garze Prefectures border, Chinese know as Xiao Shu Shan

Mount Chanadorjes awesome peak reaching 5958 m