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2. Ophiocordyceps sinensis - Wikipedia

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   Ophiocordyceps sinensis (synonym Cordyceps sinensis), known colloquially as caterpillar fungus, is an entomopathogenic fungus (a fungus that grows on insects) in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. It is mainly found in the meadows above 3,500 metres (11,500 ft) on the Tibetan Plateau in Tibet and the Himalayan regions of Bhutan , India , and Nepal .

3. Cordyceps - Wikipedia

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   Cordyceps / ˈkɔːrdɪsɛps / is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 600 worldwide species. Diverse variants of cordyceps have had more than 1,500 years of use in Chinese medicine. [2] Most Cordyceps species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods (they are thus entomopathogenic fungi); a ...

4. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis - Wikipedia

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   Petch (1931) Cordyceps unilateralis (Tul.) Sacc. (1883) Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, commonly known as zombie-ant fungus, [2] is an insect-pathogenic fungus, discovered by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859, and currently found predominantly in tropical forest ecosystems. O. unilateralis infects ants of the tribe Camponotini ...

5. Cordyceps Benefits: The Adaptogen That Can Boost Stamina - AOL

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6. Cordyceps militaris - Wikipedia

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   Cordyceps militaris, commonly known as the caterpillar fungus, [ 1 ] is a species of fungus in the family Cordycipitaceae, and the type species of the genus Cordyceps, which consists of hundreds of species. [ 2 ] The species was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Clavaria militaris. [ 3 ]Cordyceps militaris parasitizes insects and ...

7. Sclerotium - Wikipedia

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   Ophiocordyceps sinensis (syn. Cordyceps sinensis) is a fungus which infects a caterpillar and uses its nutrients to create mycelia and a sclerotium. [citation needed] The fungus then sprouts out of the head of the caterpillar. In Chinese the fungus is known as Dōng chóng xià cǎo (Chinese: 冬虫夏草; lit. 'winter worm', ' summer grass').