Drolma and Tsering Tashi and his mother.

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.

Stellera chamaejasme, with yellow and white flowers

A species of Boletus or Xerocomus

Juncus allioides - No wetland junk is! Pretty nice flowers for a grass, eh?

Rheum alexandrae Alexanders Rhubarb, an high altitude specialist

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

Gymnadenia orchidis - I love finding orchids! Check out my Tibetan Orchid page.

An Iris chrysographes, common above Dartsendo.

Joe holding an Amanita hemibapha, a Himalayan Caesar mushroom.

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

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

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

A lot of big Himalayan Caesars!

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

Mushroom dealer in Dartsendo / Kangding holding King boletes

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