Ajuga lupulina, the Pagoda Bugleweed!

Laccaria amethystea, a Boletus / Xerocomus sp. and another Laccaria

Eggs of Amanita hemibapha, the Himalayan Caesar, a choice edible

A big Amanita hemibapha, the Himalayan Caesar, a choice edible with two eggs that are twice as big as a regular egg

Searching for porcini

Boletus edulis group seen above Nyachuka / Yajiang

Mount Chanadorjes awesome peak reaching 5958 m

What a place! Hiking up a narrow valley to find this jewel. Wetland meadows with Mt Chana Dorje in the back

Cloud-enshrouded peak of Mt Chenrezi with a glacial lake

Cimicifuga yunnanensis flower, a woodland plant. Its close American relatives are known as cohosh or bugbane

Cyananthus langiflorus, in the Bellflower / Campanulaceae family.

Mushroom dealer in Dartsendo with a Tricholoma species looking quite a bit like T. saponaceum, but it is not the Soap knight.

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

Mushroom dealer in Dartsendo / Kangding holding King boletes

Leccinum, Rozites emodensis / Himlayan Gypsies, and Sarcodon / Hawkswings on the market in Kangding

Catathelasma imperialis on the market in Dartsendo = Kangding, Ganzi Prefecture

A basket full of King boletes (Boletus edulis sensu lato)

Some bolete close to Neoboletus luridiformis. It can be found on the bigger mushroom markets, but traditionally not often eaten by Tibetan communities.

A lot of big Himalayan Caesars!

Joe holding an Amanita hemibapha, a Himalayan Caesar mushroom.