Panda (Ailuropodus melaonleuca) reclining in Chnegdu Panda Breeding Center
Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) checking out flower at teh Panda center
Leccinum, Rozites emodensis / Himlayan Gypsies, and Sarcodon / Hawkswings on the market in Kangding
Mushroom dealer in Dartsendo / Kangding holding King boletes
Catathelasma imperialis on the market in Dartsendo = Kangding, Ganzi Prefecture
A lot of big Himalayan Caesars!
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.
Some bolete close to Neoboletus luridiformis. It can be found on the bigger mushroom markets, but traditionally not often eaten by Tibetan communities.
Joe holding an Amanita hemibapha, a Himalayan Caesar mushroom.
An Iris chrysographes, common above Dartsendo.
Gymnadenia orchidis - I love finding orchids! Check out my Tibetan Orchid page.
Looks like an Allium prattii to me, but there is many different species of wild onions.
Rheum alexandrae Alexanders Rhubarb, an high altitude specialist
Juncus allioides - No wetland junk is! Pretty nice flowers for a grass, eh?
A species of Boletus or Xerocomus
Stellera chamaejasme, with yellow and white flowers
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.
Drolma and Tsering Tashi and his mother.
Searching for porcini