Goats and prayer flags
Number 1 and 2 Matsutake mushrooms on the main mushroom market near Gyalthang / Shangri La
Be Sha sales woman. Be sha is the Tibetan name for pine mushrooms, but means oak mushroom.
A basket full of King boletes (Boletus edulis sensu lato)
Kathy Welsh smiling at lots of chanterelles! What a nice fruity smell such a pile of Chanties has!
Great Hot springs near Shangri La
A improvised building in the matsutake camp.
Matsutake collector with their heavy harvest waiting until his buddy comes by motorcycle to fetch him.
Our 4 drivers and two guides, all Khampas,
A tiny flowered, but great colored Sedum found in 4500m.
Rhodiola, a rose-root.
Soroseris, a true total high altitude specialist. Wont find it below 4000m / 12,000ft.
At first Drolma was a bit closed and standish apart.
Nyade as the local Tibetans used to know the place, Yading in Chinese.
A spotted laughing thrush, most of the time they are very shy, but not in this sanctuary
Drolma and Drolma, Tibetan local guides.
A creek running through the meadow in Yading
Androsace, a member of the Primulaceae
Coprinopsis atramentaria, the ink cap or Tipplers bane, which is also distributed in Europe and North America
Wild growing hemp. Tibetans love the seeds of hemp.