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Fungi of the Himalaya

Yarsagumba (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) laid out on a collector's bagYarsagumba on a collector's bag© Funga NetworkLichen hanging from tree branches, with snow peaks behindLichen in the high forest© Funga NetworkLobaria pindarensis, a leafy green lichen, on a branchLobaria pindarensis© Shiva DevkotaA handful of Hypotrachyna nepalensis lichenHypotrachyna nepalensis© Shiva DevkotaA heap of harvested bracket mushrooms on a kitchen tableA harvest of bracket mushrooms© Funga NetworkFreshly picked red bracket fungi in a steel bowl, with prayer flags and a mountain village behindA bowl of red bracket fungi© Funga NetworkA handful of golden mushrooms held in an open palm, in a village kitchen with a kettle on the stoveGolden mushrooms in a village kitchen© Funga NetworkThe gills of a white mushroom seen from below, against the forest canopyGills against the canopy© Funga NetworkThree small scaly orange mushrooms growing from a hollow in a mossy tree trunkGrowing from a hollow in the bark© Funga NetworkThree bright orange cup fungi on gravelly groundOrange cup fungi© Funga NetworkHundreds of tiny pale mushrooms clustered on a mossy tree trunkA trunk covered in tiny mushrooms© Funga NetworkA cluster of pale yellow mushrooms with translucent gills, growing from mossYellow caps on moss© Funga NetworkScaly orange-brown mushroom caps growing in a row along a mossy log, one turned to show its gillsScaly caps along a mossy log© Funga NetworkA white-veiled mushroom on the forest floor among green shootsA white-veiled mushroom on the forest floor© Funga Network