Cordyceps gunnii

Cordyceps gunnii

[Cordyceps gunnii (Berk.)Berk.]

The subunit is from the head of the host The stalk is white, 10-90mm long, 5-6mm thick, the top is generally gray to gray-black, oval to columnar, solitary, bifurcated or in clusters, generally 8-22mm × 5-8mm , clearly demarcated from the stalk when mature, without a sterile tip. Ascus shell is oval or ampoule-shaped, 0.70.9mm × 0.2-0.3mm, buried, with orifice exposed when mature.

It is parasitic on the larvae of Hepiaidae insects in the soil.

Distributed in Guizhou and other places.

Cordyceps sinensis has been mistakenly used as Cordyceps sinensis. However, some people think that this kind of cordyceps is the same as Cordyceps sinensis.

It is currently being researched and used as a drug in Guizhou