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Cordyceps / ˈ k ɔːr d ɪ s ɛ p s / is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes over 260 species worldwide, many of which are parasitic. Diverse variants of cordyceps have had more than 1,500 years of use in Chinese medicine . [ 1 ]
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.
Cordyceps adpropinquans (Ces.) Sacc. 1883; Cordyceps aeruginosclerota Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu 1997; Cordyceps agriotidis Kawam. 1955; Cordyceps alba Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982; Cordyceps albella Massee 1899
Caterpillars with emerging Ophiocordyceps sinensis. 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.
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Tolypocladium ophioglossoides, also known by two of its better known synonyms Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides and Cordyceps ophioglossoides and commonly known as the goldenthread cordyceps, [5] is a species of fungus in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. It is parasitic on fruit bodies of the truffle-like Elaphomyces.
Cordyceps militaris, commonly known as the caterpillar fungus, [2] is a species of fungus in the family Cordycipitaceae, and the type species of the genus Cordyceps, which consists of hundreds of species. [3] The species was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Clavaria militaris. [1]