Why would anyone see an advertisement like "Artificial Cultivation of Cordyceps sinensis"? In fact, it is an advertising word called "Cordyceps militaris", because Cordyceps sinensis is also called "Cordyceps sinensis" among the people (in fact, Cordyceps sinensis belongs to a genus, there are hundreds of Cordyceps sinensis in the world, and Cordyceps sinensis is only one kind of Cordyceps sinensis). Therefore, "Cordyceps militaris (Cordyceps sinensis flower)" borrows the misunderstanding of "Cordyceps sinensis = Cordyceps sinensis" by most people, and describes the artificially planted Cordyceps militaris in the advertisement as planting Cordyceps militaris.

In the market, the price of Cordyceps sinensis is as high as hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands of kilograms; The artificially planted Cordyceps militaris (Cordyceps sinensis) is only 100 to several hundred yuan per kilogram.

Although similar "fungi grow parasitically by other organisms" is common in nature, it is not difficult to simulate similar processes manually.

However, scientists have studied it for decades, and it is still impossible to artificially cultivate (breed) Cordyceps sinensis. The reason is that the formation conditions of Cordyceps sinensis are particularly complicated. At present, only the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has such conditions at an altitude of 3,500-5,000 meters. These include the cold, low oxygen, high ultraviolet intensity, ever-changing harsh natural environment and the long formation process of Cordyceps sinensis on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. At present, human beings can't follow this long formation process for a long time. Cordyceps sinensis has been formed for a long time, and people can't get up because of heavy snow, which is also the special reason why Cordyceps sinensis can't be planted artificially.