Matsutake collector we met in the oak woods

Tashi is observing spore disposal from a Spathularia

Matsutake collector we met in the oak woods

Spathularia flava, a common fungus in East Tibet

An accident. No insurance cards out there. It has to be settled right there. An hour later a deal was struck and the road opened.

Searching for porcini

Rheum alexandrae Alexanders Rhubarb, an high altitude specialist

A species of Boletus or Xerocomus

Looks like an Allium prattii to me, but there is many different species of wild onions.

Joe holding an Amanita hemibapha, a Himalayan Caesar mushroom.

An Iris chrysographes, common above Dartsendo.

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!

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

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

Drolma and Tsering Tashi and his mother.

Cyananthus langiflorus, in the Bellflower / Campanulaceae family.

What a fruiting! But I ahve no idea what this is. I did not take an image of the pores.

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

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