In summer, insects lay their eggs on the leaves of grass and then fall to the ground with the leaves. In a month or so, they hatch into larvae and then drill into the wet and soft soil. There is an ascospore of Cordyceps sinensis in the soil layer, which only attacks those obese and well-developed larvae.

After being attacked by spores, the larvae burrow into the shallow layer of the ground. Spores grow in the larvae, and the internal organs of the larvae slowly disappear, becoming a body covered with hyphae and buried in the soil. After a winter, when the next spring comes, hyphae begin to grow, and in summer, they grow out of the ground and grow into a grass. In this way, the body of the larva and the grass together form a complete "Cordyceps sinensis".

Latin scientific name of Cordyceps sinensis: Cordyceps sinensis. English name: Chinese caterpillar fungus (literally a fungus growing on China caterpillar).

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There are 507 kinds of Cordyceps sinensis in the world, only one of which is Cordyceps sinensis, and the other 506 kinds can only be called Cordyceps sinensis. Therefore, Cordyceps sinensis cannot be equated with Cordyceps sinensis, nor can it be replaced in name, nor can it be equated in medical value and clinic. Some unscrupulous merchants in the market sell other Cordyceps sinensis at high prices. Other common cordyceps are as follows.

Yaxiang aweto

The substrate grows from the center of the insect head and does not cover the whole insect head; The top of the sub-seat is round, the four legs in the middle are not prominent, the ring pattern is not as obvious as the genuine Cordyceps sinensis, and the grass head is bifurcated. (The same is true of genuine Cordyceps sinensis, but only a few hundred pieces can see the bifurcation, which should be identified according to other characteristics. Other appearance features are basically the same.

Some cordyceps sinensis are white and easy to identify, while others are yellow and difficult to identify.

In the past two years, Cordyceps sinensis has often been found in Hunan and Jiangxi, and some people have been buying it locally, which should attract the attention of consumers. This kind of Cordyceps sinensis is difficult to identify, so be careful when buying Cordyceps sinensis.

Cordyceps Liangshan

The insect body is short and thick, with brown-black surface, numerous ring patterns, rust-colored villi and long female base, which is much longer than the insect body and can reach 30 cm. The branches are slender and tortuous, and the head of the fruiting body is completely cylindrical or rod-shaped. The feet are not obvious.

Cordyceps militaris

Cordyceps militaris, also known as Cordyceps militaris, is the daughter (grass) of the fungus Aureosporium sp. The head of the larva is oval, the top is blunt and round, the color is orange-yellow or orange-red, the handle is slender and cylindrical, and the host is Noctuidae larvae, which often die after developing into pupae, so the larva is oval, invisible and easy to identify.

The artificial cultivation of Cordyceps militaris has been industrialized and has been widely used in medicinal diet and soup making in southern China. In addition, selenium-enriched Cordyceps militaris and other related products as health products have been seen everywhere in major pharmacies. Using scientific and technological extraction technology to extract cordycepin from Cordyceps sinensis, a series of cordycepin products were produced.

Cordyceps Sinkiangensis

The worm is like a silkworm, with a dark red to purple surface and a hard texture. The base is usually not available.

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