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A happy Tibetan boletivore. © Daniel Winkler
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A Tibetan mushroom seller showing a Boletus cf. erythropus in Kangding, July 2009.
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NEW!  MushRoaming Ecuador Feb. 2011

Roaming Exotic Places
in the Search of Nature and Culture

Nature-Oriented Tours for Curious Travellers

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 hole 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, 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.


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New: 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
Scientific article: Economy, Ecology & Ethno-mycology of a Fungus Endemic to the Tibetan Plateau.
Summary paper for IMMC in Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms
A lady from lower Nyarong with a mighty matsutake sitting in a pile of more precious small matsutake buds. © Daniel Winkler
New: Tibet's Preciuos Mushroom T-shirt graciuosly modeled by Lhamo Tso. For sale now.
                                                                 2010
Breitenbush Hot Springs, Detroit OR, Oct. 21-24, 2010 Mushroom Weekend TBA                    Reviews of my presentations
Pender Harbour, BC - Oct 16/17, 2010 Sunshine Coast Mushroom Festival  TBA
Telluride, CO - Aug 26-29, 2010 Telluride Mushroom Festival  TBA
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
Vancouver, BC Apr. 6, 2010 - VMS Bhutan's Buddha Mushroom and Other Fungi 8:00 (meeting 7:30)
March 2010 East Coast
Ithaca NY - Cornell, Mar. 10, 2010 Cordyceps, Matsutake and other Fungal Treasures of Tibet 7pm Cornell lecture hall
New York City  Tibet House, Mar. 9, 2010   Tibet’s Natural Treasures  7 pm
New York City  NYMS, Mar. 8, 2010    Tibet's Most Marvelous Mushrooms
Morristown NJ - Frilinghuysen Arboretum  NJMS, Mar. 7, 2010   Tibet's Most Marvelous Mushrooms
Purchase, NY - COMA, Mar. 4 or 5, 2010  Tibet's Most Marvelous Mushrooms
Charlottesville VA - UVA Tibet Center, Mar. 3, 2010  Fungal Commodification of Rural Tibet
Washington DC MAW, Mar. 2, 2010   Tibet's Most Marvelous Mushrooms
Boston  BMC, Mar. 1, 2010   Tibet's Most Marvelous Mushrooms
Boston  Harvard University , Mar. 1, 2010   Fungal Commodification of Rural Tibet
Vancouver, WA, Sunday Feb 21, 2010  MushRoaming info evening & "Know your mushrooms" screening 6 pm (email me for details)
2009
Berlin, Germany   PABB, Dec. 7, Monday - Tibet - Pilzreich.     
Halle, Germany Dec. 3, Nomadism Conference: Is the current production of Caterpillar Fungus sustainable?
Thimphu, Bhutan Sept 17, Ministry of Agriculture - Fungal Resources: Cordyceps & matsutake in High Asia
Thimphu, Bhutan Sept 9, 2009 IASTAM7 - Trad. Asian Medicine Conference on Cordyceps sinensis
Nantong, China - Sept 7, 2009 IMMC5 -  Intern. Medical Mushroom Conference on Cordyceps in a Globalized Market
Eagle, CO - Aug 21, 2009 Mushroom Festival on Tibet's Most Marvelous Mushrooms
Munich, Germany Verein für Pilzkunde, June 29, 2009 Schöne, schmackhafte und schräge Schwammerl
Los Angeles April 20, 2009 LAMS on Tibet's Most Marvelous Mushrooms
San Diego  SDMS  Feb 2, 2009 on Tibet's Most Marvelous Mushrooms
Occidental, CA - SOMA Camp Jan 18, 2009: on Tibet's Most Marvelous Mushrooms
2008
Breitenbush Hot Springs, Detroit OR, Oct. 23-26, 2008 Mushroom Weekend
Bremerton, WA  Sept 18. Kitsap Peninsula on Tibet's most important Mushrooms
Telluride CO  Aug 21-24, 2008 -Telluride Mushroom Festival 3 Presentations
Spokane, WA  June 30, 2008  Tales of Tibet's Fungal Miracle- Cordyceps sinensis
Bellingham, WA Mar 15, 2008 - BMS  on Tibet's most important Mushrooms
Eugene, OR Mar 13, 2008 - CMS on Mushroom Research & Travels in Tibet
Boulder, CO Mar 11, 2008 - University of Colorado on fungal research in Tibet
Denver, CO Mar. 10, 2008 - CMS on Mushroom Research & Travels in Tibet
Victoria, BC Mar 6, 2008 - SVIMS on Mushroom Research & Travels in Tibet
Mission, BC Mar 5, 2008 - Fraser Valley Mushroom Club on Mushroom Research & Travels in Tibet
Vancouver, BC Mar 4, 2008 - VMS on Mushroom Research & Travels in Tibet
Vancouver, BC Mar 3, University of BC, Institute of Asian Studies
Missoula, MN, Feb 27, 2008 - University of Montana on Environmental Issues in Western China
Seattle, WA Feb 14, 2008 - NARGS - On Tibetan Wild Flowers
Snohomish WA, Feb 13, 2008 - SCMS on Tibet's most important Mushrooms
Occidental, CA - SOMA Camp - January, Sonoma County,  on Research & Travels in Tibet
Fungal & Floral Forays to Tibet 2010
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 backcountry 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: July 28, 2010
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