Distinguishing between real and fake cordyceps has the methods of looking at the appearance, smell, try the feel, taste, soak the view, etc. The pictures are as follows:

1, look at the appearance

Fake cordyceps has a better color than real cordyceps. Grassland Cordyceps is not the same as forest Cordyceps; Grassland Cordyceps is brownish yellow, the body of the worm is fat, fleshy and flabby; forest Cordyceps is brownish brown, the body of the worm is full and firm. Two kinds of cordyceps as long as the real cordyceps, after breaking the flesh is white, there are dark spots and have a medullary cavity.

In addition, the real Cordyceps worm head and summer grass joints fit well, there is no obvious traces of adhesion; the real worm body is ringed, every 3 rings for a group, group arrangement, near the head of the ring is finer; fake Cordyceps is a symmetrical bump on one side, one side of the parallel gaps in the stripes equal, is generally used in a mold infusion out of the.

2, smell

True Cordyceps smell of natural mushroom aroma and slightly fishy, fake Cordyceps generally odorless.

3, test feel

The real Cordyceps sinensis will have the texture of hay when you put a handful of it in your hand, and it is almost light to no weight. The body of the worm and the child seat in the palm of the hand back and forth rubbing will not have staining. Put down the cordyceps, the hand in addition to some mud and sand and wood shavings, there will be no unknown composition of the powder, while the fake cordyceps in these aspects will often reveal the cracks.

4, taste taste

Cordyceps entrance crunchy as green beans, the more you chew the more fragrant, the flavor similar to the sweetness of mushrooms. And fake cordyceps put into the mouth chewing will have chewing licorice hard crushing, teeth grinding feeling. After saliva wetting, not only no mushroom flavor will have a mouth full of earthy feeling.

5, immersion view

Fake Cordyceps soaked in boiling water for 10 minutes, it will slowly reveal its original shape, yellow open tire off, pseudo-mycorrhizal also began to fall off, and separate from the body of the insect. True Cordyceps soaked in boiling water, the worm body becomes enlarged and soft, the mycelium color aggravated to become dark brown, the worm body and mycelium tightly connected, do not fall off. The immersed liquid has a slight odor.