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A improvised building in the matsutake camp.

DSC_3692 s.JPG Tsongu Gompa (Gelukpa tradition). Chinese tourists know it as Chongu SiiThumbnailsMatsutake collector with their heavy harvest waiting until his buddy comes by motorcycle to fetch him.Tsongu Gompa (Gelukpa tradition). Chinese tourists know it as Chongu SiiThumbnailsMatsutake collector with their heavy harvest waiting until his buddy comes by motorcycle to fetch him.Tsongu Gompa (Gelukpa tradition). Chinese tourists know it as Chongu SiiThumbnailsMatsutake collector with their heavy harvest waiting until his buddy comes by motorcycle to fetch him.Tsongu Gompa (Gelukpa tradition). Chinese tourists know it as Chongu SiiThumbnailsMatsutake collector with their heavy harvest waiting until his buddy comes by motorcycle to fetch him.Tsongu Gompa (Gelukpa tradition). Chinese tourists know it as Chongu SiiThumbnailsMatsutake collector with their heavy harvest waiting until his buddy comes by motorcycle to fetch him.

Matsutake is known by Tibetans as Beshing Shamo, the oak mushroom, since it grows with oaks.