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MushRoaming Tours 2012
now with detailed itinerary
now with detailed itinerary

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Ecuador: Photo pages  New:  Cordyceps-species

Roaming Exotic Places
in the Search of Nature and Culture

Nature-Oriented Tours for Curious Travelers

I have been traveling to Tibet during mushroom season for many years now doing research on mushrooms as a source of rural income. Repeatedly I have been asked to take people along to share this incredible experience. So in 2005, I designed my first eco-tour and have been taking people every year. Having worked as a tour guide in Tibet for several companies I personally "suffered" from passing by some of the most exciting sights on a trip. I would have loved just to walk an old-growth forest or a flower covered meadow and have substantially more time to explore than the typical ten minutes toilet stop or the 45 min sac lunch stop before moving on to the next town. And why not dedicating a whole day to a nature hike while still enjoying Tibet's cultural sights? Thus, I started to design my own tours which allow plenty of time for enjoying and exploring nature. In addition, by being out in nature one soon will meet the locals who base their survival on the environment and love to exchange about it. This said, cultural treasures will get definitely their fair share of attention, since it is this unique ancient spiritual culture that makes Tibet such an intriguing place.

Having traveled in South America since 2005 I fell in love with it. In 2010, I teamed up with Fungal Jungal's Larry Evans for our first joint MushRoaming tour to Ecuador. For many years now Larry is escaping harsh Montana winter's to South America to study its mushrooms.

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2012
Yakima WA - YVMS, April 17 - details t.b.a
Santa Rosa, CA - SOMA, Mar. 22 - details t.b.a
Santa Cruz, CA - FFSC, Mar. 21 - details t.b.a
Portland OR, OMS, Feb. 27 - Choice Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
MushRoaming Bolivia Jan 20 thru Feb. 2, 2011
Occidental, CA - SOMA Camp
Jan 16, MLK day - Tibet Mushroom Paradise 10am
Jan 15, Sun - Amazing Amazonian Mushrooms 3pm
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On Sale now
New:
Caterpillar Fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)
Production and Sustainability on the Tibetan
Plateau and in the Himalayas.
(fake date, published Mai 2011)

Yartsa Gunbu (Cordyceps sinensis) and the Fungal Commodification of Tibet's Rural Economy. Economic Botany 62.3, 2008

Popular article: Infested by the Caterpillar Fungus
A lady from lower Nyarong with a mighty matsutake sitting in a pile of more precious small matsutake buds. © Daniel Winkler

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2011
Past Presentations
Mercer Island, WA Dec 14, at Hi Lakers on Choice Edible Mushrooms of the PNW
Eugene, OR Dec. 8, - CMS - Amazing Amazonian Mushrooms
Breitenbush Hot Springs, Detroit OR, Oct. 20-23, 2010 Mushroom Weekend
Seattle  PSMS Oct. 11, 7:30pm Mushrooms of Amazonia with Larry Evans
Mingo, Missouri Mycological Society Sept 16-19, Mingo Foray: Mushroaming from the Old Country via Ecuador to Tibet
Cordova, Alaska Fungus Festival Sept. 1-4 - Flavorful, Fancy & Foul Fungi around the World
Girdwood Fungus Fair, Alaska, Aug. 26-28 - 3 talks: PNW Edibles, Mushrooms around the World, Tibet Mushroom Paradies
Chengdu, July 30, Machik: Tibetan Plateau Mushrooms
Beijing, China,  June 23  WWF China Cordyceps - Tibet's Golden Fungus: Bane or Blessing?
Seattle WA,  May 15, Burke Museum - Mushroom Maynia Caterpiller Fungus: Creepy Killer Mushroom & Tibet's Cash Cow
Everett WA,  May 11,  SCMS  Edible and not so edible PNW Mushrooms
Olympia WA,  Apr 20,  South Sound MC  Edible and not so edible PNW Mushrooms
Washington DC,  Mar 22  WWF Bldg Cordyceps - Tibet's Golden Fungus: Bane or Blessing?
Bremerton WA,  Mar 17  KPMS 7pm Edible and not so edible PNW Mushrooms
Seattle  PSMS Feb 8, 2010, 7:30pm   Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
Occidental, CA - SOMA Camp Jan 15, Tibet Mushroom Paradise
Occidental, Jan 17: Bhutan: Buddha mushroom, Cordyceps sinensis & other fungi
2010
Breitenbush Hot Springs, Detroit OR, Oct. 21-24, 2010 Mushroom Weekend Tibet Mushroom Paradise
Pender Harbour, BC - Oct 16/17, 2010 Sunshine Coast Mushroom Festival   Choice Edibles of the Pacific North West
Telluride, CO - Aug 28, 2010 Telluride Mushroom Festival  Bhutan's Buddha Mushroom and Other Fungi
Telluride, CO - Aug 27, 2010 Telluride Mushroom Festival  Tibet Mushroom Paradise (TMF's cool poster)
Eagles, CO - Aug 20-22, Eagle Mushroom Festival
Vancouver, BC Aug 18, 2010  Intern. Assoc. Tibetan Studies conference - On Cordyceps Production and Sustainability
Tibet, Kongpo & Lhasa, July 14 - 27 Summer Fungal & Floral Foray East Tibet 2010
Xining, Qinghai, China, June 10 - Intern.  Cordyceps conference - On Cordyceps Production and Sustainability
Charlottesville VA, April 10 Tibet - Social Business &Sustainable Entrepreneurship Conference Mushroom Income Generation
Mission, BC Apr. 7, 2010 - Fraser Valley Mushroom Club on Flavorful, Fancy & Foul Fungi around the World

Fungal & Floral Forays to Tibet 2012
These eco-tourism tours to Tibet are certain to be a once in a lifetime fungal, botanical and cultural experience in some of the most stunning landscapes on the planet. I am offering two 2 week-long guided journeys. Through the years many people have approached me wanting to accompany me to Tibet. In response I have put together a series of outstanding fungal forays to share the incredible experience of mushrooming in east Tibet, a place rich in natural and cultural diversity.

I have been to Tibet and the Himalayas more than 30 times in the last 20 years, mostly for environmental work, including mushroom and medicinal plant research, forestry work as well as tour guiding. Many of the regions of greatest beauty I have traveled on solo trips; these upcoming trips are designed to share the beauty and natural and cultural bounty of this incredible land with fellow fungal friends.

Our goals on this trip are simple: We will journey through incredible landscapes and exotic culture. Tibetans will accompany us on our mushroom forays as we hunt for a variety of mushrooms, which we will then enjoy in delicious culinary sensations both Tibetan and Chinese. We will traverse many altitudinal zones, from warm-temperate to alpine areas up to 16,000 ft (4800m), thereby experiencing a wide range of ecosystems, all with their unique flora, fauna and funga.

All of our trips in Tibet are handled by Tibetan travel-logistic partners. These men and women are intimately acquainted with the back-country areas of their Tibetan homeland. Many of our Tibetan guides also hold advanced training in First aid should the need arise and in general they are an absolute pleasure to explore Tibet with.

Our Tibet land costs include all transport in Tibet, nice hotels in cities (at least 3 Star), and the `best hotels' in small towns, camping when necessary and all regular meals. Please note that airfares are not included in the land costs. But they are listed in the trip descriptions to give a realistic idea. However, plane ticket prices fluctuate because of fuel costs and time of booking. If you prefer to use High Asia's service for booking let us know. In order to maximize immersion in the landscape and culture of Tibet we will be limiting the group size to 12 (Cordyceps expedition) and 14 people (Fungal Foray).

Also, don't hesitate contacting me if you are interested to have me guide or organize your personal trip or group travel on a different itinerary or schedule. I gladly arrange personalized tours on request.
 Email:  Last Update: 1-17-2012
The mushroom knife with hard wood handle and animal bristles for sale

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Leccinum cf. versipelle in front of a mani-stone (a piece of slate carved with the Tibetan mantra "Om Mani Padma Hung"). Near Genyi, Lithang County, Kardze / Ganzi TAP, Sichuan, July 31, 2007.           © Daniel Winkler
Yartsa Gunbu selling family is enjoying their pictures in my camera display. Kongpo Barla, Meldrogongkar County, Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet AR, June 2006, Photo: Tony Migas - Fungal Endeavours
  Daniel reading a mushroom book with Sertar Tibetans, July 2001. Photo: Palden Tashi / Huaden Zhaxi